Watts v. State

I dissent from Part I of the majority opinion finding that venue was properly in Cullman County, since the jeans were initially stolen from that county, even though the defendant was never shown to have possessed the stolen jeans in Cullman County or to have conspired in the original taking.

In Kilpatrick v. State, 383 So.2d 863 (Ala. Cr.App.), cert. denied, Ex parte Kilpatrick, 383 So.2d 867 (Ala.1980). I joined in the special concurrence of Judge Bookout.

“I concur with the majority because the appellant resided in Vinemont in Cullman County. She therefore possessed the stolen property in…