Piper v. State

DAVID M. GLOVER, Judge.

| T James Piper was convicted by a Drew County jury of the offenses of breaking or entering, theft of property, and theft by receiving. Piper was sentenced to four years’ imprisonment for each conviction, ■with the sentences to be served consecutively. He now appeals only his breaking- or-entering conviction, arguing that the trial court erred in denying his motion for directed verdict on that count due to the insufficiency of the evidence. 1 We affirm.

During the evening on July 20, 2012, Elizabeth Efird’s purse was taken out of her unlocked car in her carport. The next…