Turner v. State

Beasley, Judge.

Appellant was indicted for burglary, specifically that on May 25, 1984 he “did, without authority and with the intent to commit a felony, to-wit: RAPE, enter the dwelling house of another. ...” (OCGA § 16-7-1) He appeals from the jury conviction and denial of his motion for new trial.

The evidence, viewed in a light most favorable to the verdict, 1 reflects that in the late evening of May 25, 1984 appellant climbed through a kitchen window of a home across the street from his grandmother’s, where a mother and daughter lived, and walked up the stairs into the daughter’s bedroom.…