Williams v. State

POPE, Presiding Judge.

Defendant Michael Williams was convicted of forgery in the first degree (OCGA § 16-9-1) and entering a vehicle with the intent to commit theft (OCGA § 16-8-18). On appeal, he challenges the sufficiency of the evidence against him, the trial court’s failure to give requested charges on lesser included offenses, and the trial court’s consideration at sentencing of defendant’s earlier first offender’s plea.

Thomas Staley and his friends were in Savannah for the weekend. When they returned to Staley’s van after lunch on River Street, they discovered that someone had entered…