Poke v. State

The defendant was indicted and convicted for the grand larceny of "assorted jewelry" from the store "All That Glitters". Sentence was six years' imprisonment.

On appeal the defendant contends that it was reversible error for the trial court to admit evidence concerning the commission of other crimes when there was no evidence to show that such other allegedly stolen property had in fact been stolen.

After receiving information on a shoplifting in progress at the Northside Mall in Dothan, Sergeant Harley Halstead, Jr. of the City Police Department noticed the defendant, Polly Draghton, and…