Willis v. State

Barnes, Judge.

Jason Willis appeals his jury conviction of theft by receiving, arguing the evidence is insufficient. We affirm.

The State indicted Willis for burglary and theft by receiving. The jury acquitted him of the burglary charge, and he contends the evidence showed he committed either burglary or theft by taking, but not theft by receiving. To the contrary, State’s witness Daniel Weath-ington testified that he, Willis, and two other people broke into the victim’s house. Willis took a shotgun and money from a bedroom and, as the group was leaving, Weathington took a deer rifle from the…