Smith v. State

This appeal follows a conviction for the offense of burglary in the third degree, in violation of § 13A-8-5, Code of Alabama (1975), and sentence of fifteen years' imprisonment as a habitual offender. For the reasons outlined below, the judgment of conviction and the sentence are due to be affirmed.

On the morning of August 12, 1984, Vernon Roe, Police Officer, Thomasville Police Department, testified that he received a call concerning a possible burglary at Johnson's Shopping Center in Thomasville, Alabama. When Officer Roe arrived on the scene, Lorenzo Johnson, the owner of the store, was…