Parish v. State

The appellant, O.C. Parish, was indicted and convicted for the offenses of theft of property in the first degree, as proscribed by § 13A-8-3, Code of Alabama 1975, and theft of property in the third degree, as proscribed by § 13A-8-5. He was consequently sentenced for the first degree theft conviction to imprisonment for a term of life pursuant to the Habitual Felony Offender Act. For his conviction for third degree theft, Parish was sentenced to imprisonment for a term of 12 months, to run consecutively with his sentence for the first degree conviction.

Parish contends that the trial court…