Bethea v. State

Benham, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of the burglary of a Lowndes County store. In his sole enumerated error, appellant takes issue with the admission into evidence of a document which revealed that appellant was on parole at the time of the burglary. He contends that the State, through the document, impermissibly placed his character in issue.

Appellant was arrested outside the burglarized store while a coindictee was arrested within the store. The co-indictee led police officers to two bicycles parked approximately two blocks from the burglarized store, which bicycles were the method of…