Vinyard v. State

Beasley, Judge.

Jamey Lee Vinyard was convicted of burglary after trial to a jury and was sentenced to serve seven years and to pay $593 in restitution. He now appeals.

1. Appellant alleges as error the trial court’s action permitting a letter written by his brother to go out with the jury. The brother had earlier pleaded guilty to a charge of burglary arising from the same incident for which appellant was tried and now appeals.

The state had obtained a letter written by defendant’s brother to him from the prison diagnostic center, where he was already incarcerated following his plea of guilty…