Harrison v. State

Carl M. Harrison, Jr., having been convicted of the offense of theft in the second degree and sentenced to five years' imprisonment, takes this appeal, raising several legal issues.

I

He contends first that the prosecution of this case was employed as a means for collecting a debt. The appellant gave a check to Carson's Furniture, Inc. for $678 in payment for certain chairs, and directed its employees to deliver the chairs to a doctor's office. The check was issued on a numbered account in a Mobile bank. As it developed, the account had been closed for quite some time. Carson's Furniture, Inc.,…