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Following a jury trial, James Pullins was convicted of burglary OCGA § 16-7-1 a 2008 and criminal trespass OCGA § 16-7-21 a. Pullins filed a motion for new trial, which the trial court denied. On appeal, Pullins contends that 1 the evidence was insufficient to sustain his convictions, and 2 the trial court erred in denying his motion to suppress the pre-trial and in-court identifications of him. Finding no error, we affirm.

Viewed in the light most favorable to conviction,1 the evidence shows that on July 6, 2008 at approximately 1:40 a.m., the victim’s neighbor, Ricky Goss, was watching television in the bedroom of his apartment located in Fulton County, Georgia when he heard some noise. Goss looked out the window and saw Pullins loading the victim’s furniture onto a truck. Goss noticed that the victim’s apartment window was broken, there was glass under the window and Pullins had glass in his hair. Goss confronted Pullins, told Pullins to take the victim’s “stuff” off the truck and said he was going to contact the police. Although Pullins told Goss that he had permission to “be there,” Pullins took a mattress and bedroom furniture off the truck and put them back inside the apartment. Goss then went to the apartment management office and reported the burglary. By the time Goss returned, Pullins and the truck were gone.

 
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