State v. McCormick

In this appeal from the Circuit Court of Putnam County, the appellant, James LeRoy McCormick, seeks reversal of a final judgment of conviction entered on a jury verdict finding him guilty of breaking and entering.

The appellant contends that the trial court committed reversible error when it gave State’s Instruction No. 4 which told the jury that if they believed beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant broke and entered the building in question and committed a larceny therein, then he is presumed to have entered with the intent to commit larceny, and unless the presumption is negatived to…