Goodman v. State

TAYLOR, Judge.

The appellant, Arthur Edward Goodman, was charged in separate indictments with two counts of theft of property by deception in the second degree, violations of § 13A-8-4, Code of Alabama 1975. He was sentenced as a habitual offender to concurrent terms of 15 years imprisonment on each count. The terms were split so that he could serve two concurrent 3-year terms in prison and 2 concurrent 3-year terms on probation.

The appellant initially argues that the trial court erred in granting the state’s motion to consolidate the two offenses for trial without first giving him notice and…