Smith v. State

The defendant was indicted and convicted for the possession of a pistol after having been convicted of a crime of violence (burglary and grand larceny). Alabama Code 1975, Section 13-6-152 (a). Sentence was three years' imprisonment. Four issues are presented on appeal.

I

Prior to trial, defense counsel made both oral and written motions to limit and exclude any evidence of the burglary of the Imperial Reading building by the defendant's brother, Odell Dennis Smith, which occurred at approximately the same time and almost directly across the highway from the Racetrac service station where the…