Packer v. State

Appellant, Olney Lamont Packer, was indicted by a grand jury of Mobile County for grand larceny. The indictment charged the larceny of “. . . three ladies’ dresses of the value of one hundred twenty-eight dollars, the personal property of Sarah Mansfield Hall, d/b/a The Wishing Well . . .”

A petit jury found Packer guilty. Judgment was entered in accord with the verdict. The trial court fixed Packer’s punishment at imprisonment in a penitentiary of this state for a period of three years.

Packer was represented at all stages of the proceedings leading up to his conviction and sentence by an…