Brown v. State

Beasley, Judge.

The defendant was convicted of forgery in the first degree (OCGA § 16-9-1) and burglary (OCGA § 16-7-1). He appeals only his burglary conviction contending the evidence was insufficient to sustain the verdict.

Defendant attempted to cash a forged check on Mary Carriker’s account at a local bank. During the investigation that same day, police officers went to the victim’s home and discovered it had been ransacked. A window had been removed at one side of the house and an open window with the screen removed was found at another part of the Carriker home. A fingerprint was lifted…