Jones v. State

Banke, Judge.

The appellant and a companion, James Mikell, were jointly indicted for the burglary of a residence belonging to Howell McDonald. The appellant was found guilty following a separate trial at which Mikell testified for the state. This appeal is from the denial of the appellant’s motion for new trial.

State’s witness Etta Brown, who lived directly across the highway from the McDonald residence, testified that on the day of the burglary, the appellant drove to her house in the company of Mikell and asked her for money to take Mikell to a doctor. Ms. Brown did not know the appellant…