Rodriguez v. State

BLACKBURN, Presiding Judge.

Following a jury trial, Edwin Rodriguez was convicted of burglary,1 theft by taking,2 and criminal trespass.3 He appeals his conviction and the denial of his motion for new trial, arguing that the trial court erred by not sufficiently charging the jury on circumstantial evidence. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm.

Viewed in a light most favorable to the verdict, Davis v. State,4 the record shows that in the early morning of March 18, 2005, James Crumpler was walking to work through midtown Atlanta when he heard a loud crashing noise coming from a dry…