420 S.E.2d 81 | Ga. Ct. App. | 1992
Appellant appeals from his conviction of burglary, raising as his sole enumeration of error the insufficiency of the evidence to support the guilty verdict.
Shortly before midnight, a policeman responded to an alarm from a grocery store. Upon arriving at the store, the officer noticed that the glass in the front door was shattered out of the door frame. As the officer drove around the side of the store, he saw appellant about 20 or 30 feet from the front door of the store with a cardboard box in his hands. When appellant spotted the police car, he put the box down and ran from the scene. The officer chased appellant for several blocks and, after some resistance, subdued appellant. Appellant stated to the officer that he had not stolen anything and that he was not going back to jail. A second officer who arrived on the scene as
“‘“[T]he jury determines the credibility of the witnesses and weight to be given their testimony. [Cits.]” [Cit.]’ [Cits.]” Lawrence v. State, 198 Ga. App. 287, 290 (4) (401 SE2d 275) (1991). “Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the verdict, we find the evidence and all reasonable deductions are such as to enable a rational trier of fact to find the elements of the offense beyond a reasonable doubt, according to the standard of Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U. S. 307 (99 SC 2781, 61 LE2d 560).” Randolph v. State, 198 Ga. App. 291 (1) (401 SE2d 310) (1991).
Judgment affirmed.