Baker v. State

William Louis Baker was charged by indictment with two counts of theft of property in the second degree, in violation of § 13A-8-4, Code of Alabama 1975. The jury found the appellant "guilty as charged in the indictment" on one of the two charged counts. The trial judge thereafter sentenced the appellant to one year and one day and placed him on two years' probation.

I

The appellant first contends that he was denied a fair trial because, he argues, the jury deliberated before it was instructed to do so.

We disagree with the appellant. At the close of the State's case-in-chief, the appellant…