Napier v. State

The indictment charged the appellant, Damon Shelton Napier, and Pamela DeVine, an employee of Weaver and Morris Construction Company, Inc., with embezzling $15,000.00 from said company by virtue of Miss DeVine's employment with said corporation.1

The jury found the appellant guilty, as charged, and the trial court entered judgment, setting sentence at eight years' imprisonment.

Hosea Weaver testified that he was the owner of Weaver and Morris Construction Company with offices on Howells Ferry Road in Mobile, Alabama. He stated that he had formerly employed a young lady named Pam DeVine as his…