Houston v. State

COBB, Judge.

On June 15, 2004, Gary Houston was convicted of first-degree theft of property by deception, a violation of § 13A-8-2, Ala. Code 1975. On August 25, 2004, he was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment; that sentence was suspended, and he was placed on supervised probation for two years and ordered to pay restitution, court costs, and a victim’s compensation assessment. Houston filed a motion for a new trial which the trial court denied on November 5, 2004.1

The record reflects that Houston purchased a Ford 1100 lawn tractor at the online auction site “eBay” from Robert Brent Pepper…