Ashley v. State

Eldridge, Judge.

Appellant Terry Melvin Ashley challenges the denial of his motion for new trial, which followed his July 1997 conviction for burglary. We affirm.

“On appeal from a criminal conviction, the defendant is no longer presumed innocent, and the evidence is viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict. [Cit.]” Johnson v. State, 223 Ga. App. 668, 669 (1) (478 SE2d 404) (1996). The evidence presented at trial showed that, on April 26, 1997, Doris Hope operated a personal care home at 1728 Wrightsboro Road, Augusta, Richmond County. Hope’s grandson, Dennis Futch, and his fiancée,…