Williams v. State

Margaret Meads, Judge.

Appellant, Jerome Williams, was convicted in a bench trial of residential burglary and theft of property. The theft-of-property conviction was merged with the residential burglary conviction, and appellant was sentenced to ten years in the Arkansas Department of Correction. Appellant advances four arguments on appeal: (1) there was insufficient evidence to convict him of burglary; (2) there was insufficient evidence to convict him of theft of property; (3) he did not waive his right to a jury trial in accordance with Rule 31.2 of the Arkansas Rules of Criminal Procedure;…