Jones v. State

LEIGH M. CLARK, Retired Circuit Judge.

A jury found this appellant guilty on a trial on an indictment in pertinent part as follows:

“JAMES WADE JONES, ..., did intentionally receive, retain, or dispose of stolen property, to-wit: a 1972 Datsun automobile, VIN # HLS3046678, the property of Linda Gardini, of the value of Three Thousand and No/100 ($3,000.00) Dollars, knowing that it was stolen or having reasonable grounds to believe it had been stolen and not having the intent to restore it to its owner, in violation of Section 13A-8-17 of the Code of Alabama.”

Some of the lengthy testimony in the…