Wallin v. State

Gregory, Justice.

Defendant was convicted of burglary and sentenced to eight years in the penitentiary. The evidence at trial showed that on June 13,1980, the victim, Ernest Tidmore, was walking to a grocery store approximately two miles from his home in Rising Fawn, Georgia. Tidmore passed the defendant, a neighbor, riding a bicycle in the direction of their respective homes. Tidmore testified that he had closed the door to his house prior to leaving, but was unable to lock it because the latch was broken. Tidmore returned home about two hours later to find his television set on and his…