Benefield v. State

208 So.2d 449 (1967)

Earl BENEFIELD

v.

STATE.

5 Div. 677.

Court of Appeals of Alabama.

October 3, 1967.

Rehearing Denied November 14, 1967.

Lewis H. Hamner, Jr., Roanoke; Hooton & Hooton, Roanoke, on rehearing, for appellant.

MacDonald Gallion, Atty. Gen., and Robt. F. Miller, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.

PRICE, Presiding Judge.

Earl Benefield was found guilty of the larceny of an automobile belonging to Marcille Benefield, his former wife.

The state's evidence tends to show that Earl and Marcille were divorced in May of 1966 and that the divorce was obtained at Earl's insistence. The parties were…