State v. McCoy, 07ap-769 (6-30-2008)

OPINION

{¶ 1} Appellant, Antionellio E. McCoy ("appellant"), filed this appeal seeking reversal of a judgment by the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas convicting him on one charge of burglary, in violation of R.C. 2911.12(A)(2), a felony of the second degree.

{¶ 2} On April 30, 2007, at a little before 9:00 a.m., Sonia Howard ("Howard") was standing in the front yard of her home on Oakwood Avenue in Columbus with her daughter. Howard saw appellant walking on the other side of the street, and recognized that he was not a resident of the neighborhood. Appellant was carrying what she believed…