Stroud v. State

Jack Stroud, the appellant, was indicted for theft in the third degree and for robbery in the third degree. The jury found the appellant guilty of both offenses. He was sentenced to 12 months’ imprisonment for the third degree theft conviction and 15 years’ imprisonment for the third degree robbery conviction.

*654On April 19, 1990, Joe Smith, foreman of the Macon County shop, reported to Deputy Sheriff Eddie Macon that some gasoline was missing from the shop. The next morning, Macon saw a car parked on County Road 34 near a trail through the woods leading to the county shop. As Macon was walking…