Phiffer v. State, 44 Ala. App. 611

Summary

The Alabama Court of Appeals reviewed a burglary and grand larceny conviction arising from the break-in of an appliance store. The appellant argued that the conviction violated Alabama’s accomplice-corroboration requirement because it rested on uncorroborated accomplice testimony. The court held that the appellant’s arrest with the alleged accomplices in a vehicle containing the stolen property sufficiently corroborated the testimony and affirmed the judgment.

Holdings

1. Evidence that Phiffer was arrested with the two alleged accomplices while riding in a vehicle containing the stolen property was sufficient corroboration of the accomplice's testimony to sustain the convictions.

Questions Presented

1. Whether the accomplice testimony was sufficiently corroborated under Title 15, section 307 of the Alabama Code of 1940 to support Phiffer's felony convictions.

Disposition

affirmed