Fendley v. State

EMMET, Circuit Judge.

Appellant was convicted of grand larceny and as punishment received a term of three (3) years imprisonment in the Penitentiary of the State of Alabama.

I

On February 18, 1970, the home of Roscoe and Carrie Grigsby was burglarized. This home is situated out from the Morris community in Jefferson County. About mid-morning on that date this home was unattended, Mr. Grigsby having left shortly after ten to visit Mrs. Grigsby, then a patient in an unidentified hospital. Around 11:00 that morning a neighbor, Shirley Prince, had her attention drawn to this unattended house of her…