Wendell v. State

The subject of these consolidated appeals is a judgment and sentence, following a jury trial, for unlawfully entering a conveyance and grand theft, Case No. WW-394, and the revocation of appellant’s probation, which had resulted from a previous conviction, Case No. XX-30. We find merit in two of the points raised.

On September 1, 1979, someone broke into an automobile parked in front of Jewell’s Bar in Pensacola and took a watch which had been left in the car. Appellant was charged with breaking into the car and stealing the watch. Mrs. Jewell Barr, owner of the bar, had been present at the…