Wiggins v. State

HERRMANN, Justice.

In this appeal from a burglary conviction, the sole issue is whether there was evidence of possession of the recently stolen goods sufficient to give rise to the inference or presumption of guilt of the theft thereof.

*725The defendant was tried with a co-defendant. Both were convicted by a jury. Only the defendant appeals. In addition to the sufficiency of the evidence as to possession, the appeal also raises the question of the availability in this case of the inference or presumption of guilt, assuming a joint possession with the co-defendant.

The defendant makes two…