Sinkfield v. State

The appellant, Clinston Sinkfield, was convicted of theft of property in the first degree, a violation of § 13A-8-3, Code of Alabama 1975. He was sentenced to 25 years in the penitentiary pursuant to the Habitual Felony Offender Act.

The state's evidence tended to show that on August 19, 1994, the appellant stole an Oldsmobile Cutlass automobile. At 5:00 a.m. on August 19, 1994, Officer Michael Jackowski of the Monroeville Police Department received a call telling him that a vehicle was in a ditch on Pike Street. Jackowski testified that when he arrived at the scene he saw a white Ford Tempo…