Mellons v. State

OPINION

DUNCAN, Judge.

The appellant-defendant, Mark E. Mel-lons, was prosecuted in the Sullivan County Criminal Court under a two-count indictment charging burglary of a vehicle and grand larceny. He was convicted of the offense of burglary of a vehicle, T.C.A. § 39-905, and received a penitentiary sentence of not less than four years nor more than six years. In this appeal, he questions the sufficiency of the evidence, the delayed entry into evidence of a statement made by him at the scene of the crime, and the court’s charge. We find no merit to the defendant’s complaints.

While the defendant…