Ex Parte Salter

In August 1985, Paul Salter and Vernon Evans were tried jointly on several counts of theft of property in the first degree. At trial, the State proceeded on the theory that Salter was the principal and Evans his accomplice in a theft of property from the State of Alabama. Both men were convicted, but only Evans appealed. This court reversed and rendered Evans's conviction, holding that the State had failed to prove a prima facie case against Evans, the alleged accomplice, because it presented no evidence of criminal intent on the part of Salter, the alleged principal. Evans v. State,508 So.2d…