Thacker v. State

The appellant, Hiram Lester Thacker, was charged with theft of property in the first degree, a violation of § 13A-8-3, Code of Alabama 1975. On January 12, 1996, he entered a plea of not guilty. On August 16, 1996, he withdrew his plea of not guilty and pleaded guilty to, and was convicted of, the lesser included offense of theft of property in the second degree, a violation of § 13A-8-4, Code of Alabama 1975. Theft of property in the second degree is a Class C felony. He was sentenced as a habitual felony offender with three prior felony convictions to life imprisonment.

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