Hawkins v. State

Ellington, Judge.

A Gwinnett County jury found Jeron Hawkins guilty beyond a reasonable doubt of criminal trespass, OCGA § 16-7-21 (b) (1); burglary, OCGA § 16-7-1 (a); and unlawful eavesdropping and surveillance, OCGA § 16-11-62 (3). He appeals from the denial of his motion for new trial, contending that the evidence was insufficient to support his conviction for unlawful eavesdropping and surveillance, that his convictions for criminal trespass and burglary were based upon the same act and should have been merged, and that his convictions were illegal because the magistrate judge who…