Williams v. Commonwealth

Defendant Tyrone Williams stands convicted of breaking and entering the store of Horace Jones, trading as Jones Appliance Center, with intent to steal. The question on this appeal is whether the evidence supported the conviction.

No one identified Williams as a participant in the crime. The only evidence linking Williams to the crime consisted of his fingerprints found on a television set stolen from the showroom of the store on the night of the crime. The prints were found at the bottom of the set on a ledge or molding around the screen.

Williams testified that one or two days before the crime…