Patterson v. State

McMILLAN, Judge.

The appellant, Billy Vaughn Patterson, was charged by a three-count indictment for violation of § 13A-7-7, Code of Alabama (1975), burglary in the third degree; § 13A-8-3, theft of property in the first degree; and § 13A-8-17, receiving stolen property in the first degree. The appellant was found guilty of the first two counts: burglary in the third degree and theft of property in the first degree. He was sentenced to a term of 30 years’ imprisonment, pursuant to the Habitual Felony Offender Act.

Gerald Weems testified that he was a policeman for the City of Decatur and that,…