State v. Woods

OPINION

WADE, Judge.

The defendant, James Woods, was convicted of grand larceny and sentenced to *218four years imprisonment as a Range I offender. In this appeal, he presents one issue contesting an instruction given to the jury:

Did the aiding and abetting exception added by the Trial Court to the alibi charge abrogate the State’s burden of proving beyond a reasonable doubt the defendant’s presence at the commission of the crime?

This -court finds that it did not and affirms the judgment of the trial court.

The State’s evidence adduced at trial showed that on June 29, 1987, the defendant took an…