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Wood v. State

The circumstantial evidence supported the defendant's burglary conviction.

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After a jury convicted Christopher Jimmy Wood on one count of burglary, he filed a motion for new trial. Wood appeals following the denial of that motion asserting as his sole ground that the evidence was insufficient to support the verdict. We affirm. In considering Wood’s appeal, we must construe the evidence in a light most favorable to the verdict and “Wood no longer enjoys a presumption of innocence.” Punctuation omitted. Berry v. State , 274 Ga. App. 831 1 619 SE2d 339 2005. In evaluating whether the evidence was sufficient to support Wood’s conviction, this Court does not weigh the evidence or determine witness credibility, but only determines whether a rational trier of fact could have found him guilty of the charged offense beyond a reasonable doubt. Jackson v. Virginia , 443 U. S. 307, 319 III B 99 SC 2781, 61 LE2d 560 1979.

So viewed, the evidence at trial showed that Glen Walraven owned property in Paulding County, on which sat various buildings, including a house, a garage, and a barn. Walraven used the property for his commercial fire alarm business. He maintained his office in the house and stored equipment and wire on the property. During a four-week period in or around May 2006, the property experienced several break-ins, during which a number of items, primarily copper wire, were stolen. As a result, Walraven installed a security surveillance camera system, which recorded events on a three-day loop and had to be manually re-set to begin recording again. He also checked the property frequently. In late May 2006, Walraven went out of town for a four-day weekend. Before he left, he checked the buildings on the property to ensure that everything was in order.

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