French v. State

The appellant, Larry French, was convicted of theft of property in the first degree, a violation of § 13A-8-3, Code of Alabama 1975, and of possession of burglar's tools, a violation of § 13A-7-8. He was sentenced as a habitual offender to 15 years in the penitentiary for the conviction for theft and to 10 years for the conviction for possession of burglar's tools. Pursuant to the Split Sentence Act, § 15-18-8, the trial court ordered him to serve two years on each conviction and suspended the remainder of the appellant's sentences.

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The appellant contends that the state did not present a…