Reaves v. State

OPINION

WALKER, Presiding Judge.

The Shelby County grand jury, in case no. B-40914, indicted the defendant below, James Franklin Reaves, in four counts for third degree burglary, grand larceny, receiving stolen property, and concealing stolen property alleging that he broke into the house of Thomas McConnell at 832 Park Rose, Memphis, and stole an air conditioner valued at $1000.

The case was tried along with a similar charge that he broke into the home of Charles F. Johnson at 826 Park Rose and stole another air conditioner. At the conclusion of the state’s proof, the trial judge directed a…