Pope v. State

Shulman, Presiding Judge.

Defendant appeals his convictions of the offenses of theft by taking and criminal damage to property. For the reasons set forth below, we reverse.

1. Defendant maintains that the trial court erred in refusing his request to charge on the law relating to fingerprint evidence. The state contends that while the request to charge stated a correct principle of law, the court’s charges on the law of circumstantial evidence and expert testimony generally covered defendant’s more specific request.

We cannot agree that the trial court covered defendant’s specific request in his…