Boutwell v. State

LEIGH M. CLARK, Retired Circuit Judge.

A jury found defendant-appellant guilty of receiving stolen property in the second degree in violation of Code of Alabama 1975, § 13A-8-18, a Class C felony which, according to § 13A-5-6(a)(3), is punishable by imprisonment for “not more than 10 years or less than 1 year and 1 day.” The court fixed his punishment at imprisonment for two years but suspended his sentence and placed him on probation for two years.

According to the undisputed evidence, appellant purchased for the sum of $75.00 a stereo system, two speakers, a radio receiver and a Winchester…