Gibson v. State

BLACKBURN, Presiding Judge.

Tried before a jury, L. C. Gibson was convicted of burglary. 1 He appeals, challenging the sufficiency of the evidence and arguing that the court erred in admitting evidence of a prior burglary by Gibson. We hold that the evidence sufficed to sustain the verdict and that the prior burglary was sufficiently similar to be admissible for the purpose of showing course of conduct. Accordingly, we affirm.

1. On appeal from a criminal conviction, we view the evidence in the light most favorable to the verdict, and the defendant no longer enjoys the presumption of innocence.…