Myers v. State

Mikell, Judge.

A Gwinnett County jury convicted James Taber Myers and his co-defendant, William Riley Putnam, of burglary. The court sentenced Myers to seven years confinement and thirteen years probation. After his motion for new trial was denied, Myers filed the present appeal, arguing that the trial court erred in admitting hearsay testimony regarding the custodial confession of another co-defendant, Andrew Muehleman, in preventing the defense from calling Muehleman as an exculpatory witness, in admitting similar transaction evidence, and in denying Myers’ motion for directed verdict. For…