McKelvey v. State
McKelvey v. State
Opinion
This Court affirmed the appellant's convictions for third degree burglary and first degree theft in an unpublished memorandum. McKelvey v. State,
"The appellant's argument that he was improperly sentenced to separate consecutive *Page 59 sentences because the burglary and theft charges allegedly arose from the same act was not preserved for review by objection at trial."
In reviewing that decision, the Alabama Supreme Court held that "the issue of the allegedly improper sentence could be raised on direct appeal." Ex parte McKelvey,
Section
"Any act or omission declared criminal and punishable in different ways by different provisions of law shall be punished only under one of such provisions, and a conviction or acquittal under any one shall bar a prosecution for the same act or omission under any other provision."
The appellant was indicted for burglary with the intent to commit a theft. He was also indicted for the theft of the same property taken in that burglary. Here, "the uncontradicted evidence of the completed act of [theft] stands alone to support the allegation of the [defendant's] intent when he entered the premises into which he had broken." Wildman v.State,
In response to the instructions of the Alabama Supreme Court on remand, this Court finds that the appellant's convictions for burglary and theft arose from the same "act or omission" within the meaning of Code of Alabama 1975, §
DETERMINATION MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH DIRECTIONS OF ALABAMA SUPREME COURT.
All Judges concur.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- Jeffrey Lee McKelvey v. State.
- Cited By
- 2 cases
- Status
- Published