Smith v. State

739 So.2d 545 (1999)

Aaron SMITH

v.

STATE.

CR-97-0395.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama.

February 5, 1999.

Rehearing Denied June 18, 1999.

C. Kerry Curtis, Phenix City, for appellant.

Bill Pryor, atty. gen., and Stephen N. Dodd, asst. atty. gen., for appellee.

LONG, Presiding Judge.

The appellant, Aaron Smith, was convicted of receiving stolen property in the second degree, a violation of § 13A-8-18, Ala.Code 1975, and was sentenced, upon application of the Habitual Felony Offender Act, to 20 years' imprisonment.

At trial, Smith testified that he had stolen a leaf blower in Columbus, Georgia, and…