McCarty v. State

Quillian, Presiding Judge.

Indicted for burglary and alternatively for theft by shoplifting, defendant appeals his conviction for burglary. Held:

In four enumerations defendant asserts a single error, the admission of evidence of a prior offense.

The state’s evidence showed that defendant was the manager of a Gibson’s discount store in Athens. On March 27, 1981, he was observed entering the store before employees were authorized to enter and removing merchandise he did not pay for which was subsequently discovered in his motor vehicle. Upon being confronted, defendant made some incriminating…