Carroll v. State

Banke, Judge.

This is the second appearance of this burglary case before this court. A previous trial and conviction were overturned in Carroll v. State, 143 Ga. App. 796 (240 SE2d 197) (1977), due to the erroneous admission of evidence that the two appellants, Dennis and Wayne Carroll, had committed a prior burglary. Following a second trial, the appellants were again found guilty. They appeal the denial of their motion for new trial.

The evidence established, among other things, that the appellants had been found in possession of property stolen during the burglary, that a footprint left at…