Turrentine v. State

Thomas Lee Turrentine was charged by indictment with theft of property in the first degree, in violation of § 13A-8-3, Code of Alabama 1975. The jury found him "guilty as charged in the indictment," and the trial judge sentenced him to nine years in the State penitentiary.

The appellant raises three issues on this appeal. Because of the interrelated nature of these issues, they will be combined in the two parts of this opinion.

I

The appellant contends that the trial court should have granted his motion for judgment of acquittal at the close of the State's case-in-chief and should have granted…