Phillips transferred
Stephanie Nelson
October 30, 2009
Andalusia Star-News
http://www.andalusiastarnews.com/news/2009/oct/30/phillips-transferred/
Former Probate Judge Sherrie Phillips was sent to the Julia Tutwiler Prison for Women on Thursday, exactly one year after a Covington County jury found her guilty of stealing $1.8 million from a probate estate.

Covington County Jail Administrator Capt. Preston Hughes said Phillips left the jail shortly after 8 a.m. She was one of two people “sent up” to state Department of Corrections facilities. She had stayed in the county jail less than a week before her transfer.

Phillips was convicted Oct. 29, 2008, of first-degree theft by deception, by knowingly obtaining unauthorized control of a check for $1.8 million or any proceeds of the check, which was the property of the estate of Cary Douglas Piper and/or the State of Alabama; and, as a public official, intentionally using her official position for unlawful personal gain for herself or a family member.

She was sentenced to three years in prison, followed by three years of supervised probation.