Holt v. State

McMurray, Presiding Judge.

Defendant was convicted of burglary and he appealed. Held:

1. In his first enumeration of error, defendant contends the trial court erred in admitting a bloodstained towel into evidence, arguing that it was not relevant. We disagree. The evidence demonstrated that a burglar entered the victim’s house by breaking a windowpane; that the towel was in the house, serving as a buffer between a television set and a wooden table; and that the towel did not have bloodstains on it before the burglary. It follows that the towel was relevant to show the forcible and unauthorized…