Curtis v. State

JOHNSON, Judge.

Appellant was indicted by the Grand Jury of Morgan County, Alabama for second degree burglary and buying, receiving and concealing stolen property. This property consisted of rare coins allegedly stolen from one Louis Bell of Decatur, Alabama. The plea was not guilty to both charges. This appeal is from a conviction and verdict on Count II, buying, receiving and concealing stolen property, and a judgment by the court imposing a sentence of eight years in the State penitentiary.

The State’s first witness was Mr. Edd Sims who testified that he was a lifelong resident of Decatur,…