GOSSETT v. STATE

54075.

142 Ga. App. 815 (1977)

237 S.E.2d 220

GOSSETT v. THE STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided July 13, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McAllister & Roberts, J. Dunham McAllister, for appellant.

William H. Ison, District Attorney, Jack T. Wimbish, Jr., Assistant District Attorney, for appellee.


BELL, Chief Judge.

Defendant was convicted of a criminal attempt to commit burglary and of the possession of a tool commonly used in the commission of the crime of burglary. Held:

1. The evidence even though circumstantial was sufficient to authorize the conviction and it was not error to deny the motion for directed verdict of acquittal.

2. The court charged the jury in an isolated portion of the charge: "The defendant by his plea of guilty...

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