Bearden v. State

BURKE, Judge.

Mollie M. Bearden and Donald Terry Bearden were convicted of reckless endangerment, a violation of § 13A-6-24, Ala. Code 1975, following a bench trial in the Talladega District Court. The Beardens were sentenced to six months in jail. However, their sentences were suspended, and each was ordered to serve six months of unsupervised probation. Additionally, the Beardens were each ordered to pay a $500 fine and court costs. This appeal follows.1

The evidence at trial indicated that the Beardens' neighbor, Jill Hyner, left her home in the early morning hours of April 21, 2016, to go…