Evans v. State

Clark, Judge.

Appellant and his two brothers were tried jointly on two burglary charges. The jury acquitted the three brothers of one count, but found them guilty of the other. Appellant seeks a reversal of the judgment due to alleged errors in the court’s instructions to the jury and the alleged insufficiency of the evidence. Held:

1. When the defendants were captured by the police, appellant had in his possession a vial of pills and a ring which were shown to have been stolen from the burglarized trailer. Although appellant attempted to explain his possession of the stolen property by…