Lockett v. State

McMILLAN, Judge.

After a trial by jury, the appellant was convicted of the offenses of theft of property in the second degree and receiving stolen property in the second degree. At the sentencing hearing, the trial court sentenced the appellant to a term of eight years in the State penitentiary to run concurrently with a sentence imposed in another case. Appellant applied for probation and the trial court denied his application. Appellant has filed the present appeal from the order denying his application for probation.

This court has repeatedly stated that it is “committed to the proposition…