Richardson v. State

ROBERT M. HILL, Sr., Retired Circuit Judge.

Following grand jury indictment and jury verdict, the appellant was adjudged guilty of the offense of buying, receiving or concealing stolen property. Ala.Code § 13A-8-16 (1975). He was sentenced to four years’ imprisonment.

On the night of November 18, 1979, a Mrs. Ballance parked her car in front of her apartment in Marietta, Georgia. The next morning it was gone. She never saw it again. It was a silver colored 1978 Trans Am Pontiac with T-top and red interior and a C.B. radio antenna mounted on the trunk. Mrs. Ballance was given a copy of the…