Benefield v. 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 the parents of four minor children. As a part of the alimony settlement Earl gave to Marcille a bill of sale to a 1963 model Buick automobile; that Marcille refused to sign the divorce papers until the bill of sale was signed by defendant. The bill of sale was prepared under defendant’s instructions by…