Cobb v. State

PATTERSON, Judge.

Appellant Elton Cobb was found guilty of reckless endangerment, § 13A-6-24, Code of Alabama 1975, by a Bullock County jury on March 20, 1984. Punishment was set at six months in the county jail, to run concurrently with a term of probation for a prior theft conviction. At trial, appellant and Mary Cobb testified, as follows:

They had been divorced for approximately two years, but had continued to live together in Mrs. Cobb’s home in Midway. On January 11, 1984, appellant had picked up Mrs. Cobb and her twin sons from Mrs. Cobb’s place of employment, Merritt School. The…