Dowdell v. State

George Lee Dowdell, alias James Otis, Sr., was charged by indictment with knowingly exerting unauthorized control over or obtaining, by deception, property, to-wit: "FOOD STAMPS" from the Department of Pensions and Security of the State of Alabama or one of its agents or employees, to-wit: Ms. Dorothy M. Thomas, in the amount of $602.00 by using an assumed name with intent to deprive the owner of the property, contrary to §13A-8-4, Code of Alabama, 1975.

The jury found the appellant guilty of theft of property in the second degree and following a sentencing hearing the trial court found the…