Bradley v. State

Appellant was convicted of burglary in the third degree in violation of § 13A-7-7, Code of Alabama 1975. His range of punishment was enhanced by application of the Habitual Felony Offenders Act, and he was sentenced to 18 years' imprisonment.

The state's evidence tended to show that the appellant, Billy Hagan Bradley, together with Danny Joe Bradley and James Robert Barnes, decided to burglarize a store so they set fire to a vacant house in Piedmont, Alabama, to divert the local authorities. They then proceeded to the Miller Hardware Store, where they effected entry by throwing a large chunk…