Thomas E. Gibson was indicted jointly with his nephew, Gary M. Gibson, Jr.1 , on 21 counts of burglary. The trial court granted Gibson’s motion for a directed verdict of acquittal on one count. A jury acquitted Gibson on one count and found him guilty of the remaining 19 counts. Judgments of conviction and sentences were entered on the jury’s verdicts, and Gibson appeals following the denial of his motion for new trial. He challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to support his convictions, the denial of his motions for severance of offenses and for mistrial, and the trial court’s failure to excuse one particular juror for cause. Finding no error, we affirm. 1. We first address the sufficiency of the evidence. Construed to support the jury’s verdicts, the evidence presented at trial showed that Gibson and his nephew committed a series of burglaries in Baldwin County and surrounding counties during a four-month crime spree between November 14, 2000 and March 22, 2001. The burglaries were all accomplished with the same speed and in the same manner, by kicking in a door or window to gain entry to an unoccupied home during the daylight hours and quickly grabbing certain types of property —jewelry, guns, and electronic equipment.
Gibson’s nephew testified at trial and admitted participating, along with his uncle, in all the burglaries charged except one. He testified that he and his uncle developed a pattern. Gibson, who always drove, would pick him up about 8:00 in the morning in a borrowed car. They would then proceed to the targeted home, where the nephew would knock on the door to make sure no one was home. If someone came to the door, the nephew would “just ask for anybody, just any kind of name.” If the home was unoccupied, they would kick in the door or a window. Getting “in and out quick” was important to them, and they stayed in each home only a few minutes, targeting jewelry, computers, TVs, stereos, and guns, most of these “in plain sight.” They filled the back seat of the vehicle they were driving and emptied it at Gibson’s home. Gibson disposed of some stolen items by selling them “to a guy named Al” who lived down the street from him.
