Sanders v. State

Phipps, Judge.

After a jury trial, William Morris Sanders was convicted of burglary, 1 possession of tools for the commission of a crime (theft), 2 and giving a false name to a law enforcement officer. 3 His motion for new trial was denied. Sanders contends on appeal that the evidence did not authorize the guilty verdict on the charge of giving a false name to a law enforcement officer, that he was entitled to a jury instruction on criminal trespass as a lesser included offense of burglary, and that his trial counsel was ineffective. We affirm.

The state’s evidence showed the following. At…