State v. Mallory

This is an appeal by two brothers from the separate judgments and sentences entered upon their respective convictions on two counts of second-degree burglary. Each appellant waived a jury trial and the case was tried to the court. At the end of the trial, after both sides had rested, the trial court denied a motion for dismissal on the ground of insufficiency of the evidence and rendered an oral opinion in which the trial court stated its reasons for finding appellants guilty of the charges contained in the amended information.

After argument on appellants’ motion for a new trial, the trial…