Bankston v. State

Benham, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of two counts of burglary and several counts of theft by receiving. Those convictions were affirmed by this court on the first appearance of this case at 165 Ga. App. 184 (299 SE2d 85) (1983). On certiorari, the Supreme Court reversed this court’s affirmance of one of the burglary counts because of our reliance on the rule that where a burglary is proven, recent unexplained possession of the stolen goods by the defendant creates an inference sufficient to convict even without direct proof or circumstantial evidence that the defendant committed the…