QUILLIAN, Presiding Judge.
Defendant, tried and convicted for burglary, appeals to this court. His sole enumeration of error is that the evidence was insufficient to authorize the trial judge's charge in the language of OCGA § 16-2-20 (Code Ann. § 26-801) regarding when a person is a party to a crime. Held:
As this court pointed out under the antecedent code section (Code Ann. § 26-801) to our present OCGA § 16-2-20: "A charge on this subject is error only where there is insufficient evidence, circumstantial or otherwise, to support the theory." Freeman v. State, 130 Ga. App. 718, 720 (3) ( 204 S.E.2d 445). Accord, Evans v. State, 138 Ga. App. 460 (3) ( 226 S.E.2d 303).
The cases cited by counsel for the defendant (see Parker v. State, 155 Ga. App. 617 ( 271 S.E.2d 871); Moore v. State, 240 Ga. 210 ( 240 S.E.2d 68)) are distinguishable on their facts. Here, the evidence was ample to establish beyond a reasonable doubt the defendant's participation in the crime. There was evidence that he directly participated, that he aided and abetted and that he counselled and encouraged the commission of the crime charged in the indictment. Grant v. State, 47 Ga. App. 234 ( 170 S.E. 394); Hannah v. State, 125 Ga. App. 596, 598 (2) ( 188 S.E.2d 401); Moran v. State, 139 Ga. App. 274, 275 (1) ( 228 S.E.2d 216); Dixon v. State, 243 Ga. 46, 47 ( 252 S.E.2d 431). Therefore, a charge utilizing the language of OCGA § 16-2-20 (Code Ann. § 26-801) was warranted.
Judgment affirmed. Sognier and Pope, JJ., concur.
DECIDED SEPTEMBER 22, 1983.