Evans v. State

Banke, Presiding Judge.

The appellants, Randall G. and Stevie D. Evans, were jointly tried and convicted of burglary and were sentenced as recidivists to 20 years’ imprisonment. They appeal from the denial of their joint motion for new trial.

At approximately 11:50 p.m. on August 19, 1988, Sgt. Strickland of the Hall County Sheriff’s Department was dispatched to investigate a burglary which had been reported at the Calvary Temple Open Bible Church in Hall County. Approximately three minutes later, while en route to the church, he observed the appellants walking alongside the highway carrying…