Burell v. State

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The appellant, Jason Daniel Burell, was convicted of burglary in the first degree, a violation of § 13A-7-5, Code of Alabama 1975. He was sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment.

I

The appellant first contends that the trial court erred in denying the appellant's motion for a judgment of acquittal. He alleges that the prosecution failed to present a prima facie case of burglary because, he says, it did not prove that the appellant went inside the residence that was…