Rhodes v. State

Robert Lewis Rhodes, Jr., was indicted for receiving stolen property in violation of § 13A-8-18, Code of Alabama 1975, and theft of property in the second degree in violation of §13A-8-4, Code of Alabama 1975. The receiving stolen property count was struck at the close of the evidence. The appellant was found guilty of theft of property in the second degree and was sentenced to 15 years in prison.

The record reveals that Officer Robert Spears of the Albertville Police Department was on duty early in the morning on December 18, 1989. He drove through and checked the parking lot at the Hinton…