Bates v. State

DeCARLO, Judge.

Paul Warren Bates was indicted on a charge of buying, receiving, concealing or aiding in concealing a stolen money order machine. He was found guilty in the Circuit Court of Madison County and sentenced to eight years.

The relevant facts are not in dispute. On April 27, 1971, Detective Bragg of the Huntsville Police Department investigated a burglary at Roy Jack’s Grocery. He went to the scene and was told by Mr. Campbell, the owner, that ninety cartons of cigarettes, a Consumer Money Order Machine, and forty-four money orders were missing. The owner stated that taped to the…