Moseley v. State

Appellant, an indigent, was convicted of a violation of § 13-6-152, Code of Alabama 1975, and sentenced to five years imprisonment. The grand jury of Tuscaloosa County charged in the indictment that appellant "did own a pistol or did have a pistol in his possession or under his control after February 9, 1972, theretofore having been convicted in the State of Alabama of committing a crime of violence, to-wit: Burglary. . . ."

At trial, the prosecution introduced a statement made by appellant to Special Agent George Barrows, in which appellant admitted not only that he owned the pistol in…