Legal Opinion

Mayfield v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided February 17, 1977No. 53414PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Webb, Judge.

Steven Edward Mayfield appeals from his conviction of burglary.

1. Mayfield contends that the state failed to make out a prima facie case of burglary against him inasmuch as the only evidence introduced at trial was that of recent possession of stolen goods. This assertion is not supported by the transcript.

The evidence showed that Mayfield was employed by Guardsmark Security Company as a uniformed security guard and was assigned to patrol a building at 1776 Peachtree Street in Atlanta. Sometime between Friday night, December 5, and Monday morning, December 8, 1975, five IBM…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Paschal v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1976
  2. Pryor v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1976
  3. Price v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1976

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Bowers v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1982
  2. Brown v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1977
  3. Murphy v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1978
  4. Thomas v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1978

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