Teal v. State

TYSON, Judge.

Gary Teal was indicted for theft of property in the first degree and receiving stolen property in the first degree, in violation of § 13A-8-3 and § 13A-8-17, Code of Alabama 1975. The charge of receiving stolen property was dismissed by the trial court. The jury found the appellant “guilty as charged in the indictment” of theft of property in the first degree. The appellant was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment in the State penitentiary.

The relevant facts as they were presented by the State’s case in chief revealed the following:

Rockwell Calvert, president of Dixie Tractor…