Appeals Court Sees Through Convicted Burglar’s Attempt to Cloak Actions as Seeking Shelter
Fulton Superior Court found a defendant guilty of burglary, but he appealed, explaining that the evidence didn’t support his conviction. He broke a porch door on the back of the victim’s residence and was removing the hinges of the door leading into the house when an officer arrested him under O.C.G.A. § 16-7-1, burglary. Georgia’s …