Hinshaw v. State

The defendant was indicted and convicted for theft of property in the second degree. Alabama Code 1975, Section13A-8-4. Sentence was four years' imprisonment.

The defendant contends that his written confession was coerced and involuntary and therefore should not have been admitted into evidence. We agree.

The defendant was a manager-trainee at the Volume Shoe Store in Dothan, Alabama. Jeanie Putnan, the manager of the store, suspected the defendant of stealing money from the cash register. She began a check on the defendant and on five days determined that money was missing from the register…