Evans v. State

BOWEN, Presiding Judge.

Vernon Cooley Evans was convicted of theft of property in the first degree, given a two-year suspended sentence, and placed on probation. On appeal, he claims that the State failed to prove a prima facie case of theft by deception against him. We agree.

Evans, an employee of the Alabama Department of Corrections, was supervisor of the abattoir, or slaughterhouse, at Draper Prison from June 1983 through November 1984. He was responsible for receiving meat at the prison, inspecting it for wholesomeness, and seeing that it met State bid specifications. The specifications at…