Giffin v. City of Florence

TAYLOR, Presiding Judge.

The appellant, Dana L. Giffin, was convicted in the municipal court for the City of Florence of harassment. He appealed de novo to the Circuit Court for Lauderdale County and was convicted of harassment, a violation of § 13A-11-8, Code of Alabama 1975. He was sentenced to 180 days’ imprisonment; his sentence was split and he was ordered to serve 90 days in the Florence City jail and the remainder on probation.

The state’s evidence tended to show that on March 10, 1995, the appellant saw his ex-wife and their daughter in a drugstore in Florence. The appellant testified…