People v. Jones

Opinion by

Judge REED.

Defendant, James Keith Jones, appeals the judgment of conviction entered on a jury verdict finding him guilty of second degree burglary and adjudicating him as an habitual criminal. We reverse and remand for a new trial.

The events underlying this prosecution occurred in April 1989, at the premises of a company service center where the defendant was seen in areas of the facility not generally open to the public. After his departure, a portable two-way radio and a cellular telephone were discovered missing from these areas.

A' company employee testified that he saw the…