Walker v. State

* Editor's Note: The opinion of the Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama in Lomax v. State, published in the advance sheets at this citation (355 So.2d 755), was withdrawn from the volume at the request of the court.

This is an appeal from two convictions of buying, receiving, concealing or aiding in concealing stolen property in Jefferson County, Alabama. Sentence was set by the trial court at a total of eight years' imprisonment. At trial the appellant was represented by retained counsel. On appeal the trial court appointed different counsel.

Two questions are presented on appeal: (1) The…