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43 Ala. App. 357

Price v. State

Alabama Court of Appeals

Decided May 17, 1966

Alabama Court of Appeals · decided 1966-05-17

Cited by 2 later decisions — most recently October 1966

2 state decisions

Relies on Mosley v. State · 30 Ala. App. 91 - Connelly v. State · First Nat. Bank of Birmingham v. Hendrix

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Decided 1966-05-17

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JOHNSON, Judge.

¶1On August 3, 1965, appellant Glen Price was convicted in the Circuit Court of Cullman County, Alabama, of the offense of grand larceny of an automobile. Appellant’s motion for a new trial was overruled and he appeals.

¶2Appellant claims as error the admission of the alleged statement Robert Neal made to Sheriff Waldrop. At the time of the trial of defendant, Robert Neal had already been found guilty and sentenced for the larceny of the automobile in question. According to Sheriff Waldrop, at the time the alleged statement was made-in the county jail of Cullman County, Alabama, the appellant was not present but only Waldrop, Robert Neal and a secretary were present. The effect of the statement was that defendant participated fully in stealing the automobile, in having it painted white, and in carrying it to Tuscaloosa for the purpose of selling it. The exact date the statement was made is in conflict, but apparently it was made several days after Robert Neal and appellant had been returned to the county jail in Cullman following their arrest in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

¶3This statement of Robert Neal comes within the rule that statements of a co-con*358spirator made after the termination of the ■conspiracy are not admissible, unless so clearly related to the commission of the offense as to be a part of the res gestae or unless made in the presence of the appellant and undenied by him. Connelly v. State, 30 Ala.App. 91, 1 So.2d 606, cert. den. 241 Ala. 132, 1 So.2d 608; Macon v. State, 30 Ala.App. 276, 4 So.2d 439, cert. den. 241 Ala. 675, 4 So.2d 442.

¶4As a consequence of the admission of this statement into evidence over the timely objection by defendant, this cause is due to be and the same is hereby

¶5Reversed and remanded.

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