Thomas v. State

Burglary, second degree; sentence: eight years imprisonment.

On Saturday, May 7, 1977, Carrie Jackson was at her home in Prichard, Alabama, gathering clothes together in preparation to take them to a neighbor's house to wash. Appellant, an acquaintance of Mrs. Jackson, arrived at her house in a blue Cadillac automobile with two other men. He asked if he could use her telephone, which she allowed him to do. The two men in the Cadillac drove away during this telephone call. Mrs. Jackson testified she did not hear the substance of the telephone call, but heard enough to know appellant was talking…