Segars v. State

The defendant was indicted in a two count indictment with theft of property in the second degree and with receiving stolen property in the second degree. A jury found him guilty of receiving stolen property as charged in the second count.

The jury's verdict operated as an acquittal of the defendant for the theft of the ring as charged in count one of the indictment. Jacobs v. State, 28 Ala. App. 585, 190 So. 295 (1939).

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The defendant argues that the State failed to prove venue of the charge of receiving stolen property in Cullman County. It is undisputed that the ring was stolen in a robbery…