Roy v. State

The defendant was indicted and convicted for second degree burglary and grand larceny. Sentence was fixed at six years' imprisonment. The only questions are the failure of the trial judge to give two of the defendant's written requested charges regarding the character and sufficiency of circumstantial evidence.

All the evidence in this case was circumstantial. A glass door was broken at the burglarized residence. Blood on the glass was of the same type as the defendant's. Near the door and the broken glass was a receipt from Trucker Pecan Company bearing the defendant's name. This receipt was…