Weems v. State

Banke, Presiding Judge.

Jerome Weems and Olin Usher, Jr., were jointly tried and convicted of burglary. Weems was also convicted of giving a false name to a police officer. On appeal, Weems’ sole contention is that the evidence was insufficient to support the verdict against him. Usher enumerates as error in his appeal the denial of his motion to have certain fingerprint evidence examined by an independent expert at the State’s expense. He also complains of the court’s failure to charge on criminal trespass as a lesser included offense of burglary.

T. W. Craig, the father and neighbor of the…