Wheat v. State

TYSON, Judge.

James Bruce Wheat was charged with the second degree burglary and grand larceny of certain properties belonging to Berea Church in Montgomery, Alabama, in a two-count indictment. The jury found the appellant “guilty of grand larceny,” and the trial judge set sentence at seven years imprisonment.

The appellant made a pretrial motion to suppress, moved to exclude the State’s evidence, and requested, in writing, the affirmative charge. From adverse rulings on these matters, appellant prosecutes this appeal.

Reverend Bruce Walker testified that, on September 13-14, 1978, he was…