Jones v. State

McMurray, Presiding Judge.

Defendant was convicted of several counts of burglary of the dwelling houses of Helen Camesas (Count 1), Roy Register (Count 2), Gary and Nancy Beasley (Count 4), Jay Giddens (Count 5), Byron Ahrens (Count 6) and Tammy C. Watson (Count 7). The evidence adduced at a jury trial disclosed the following:

During May and June of 1989, there were over 20 unsolved resi dential burglaries within a small geographical area of downtown Milledgeville, Georgia. The majority of the crimes involved forced entry through “pried windows” and the theft of easily movable objects. The…