People v. Meads

Opinion by

Judge METZGER.

Defendant, William L. Meads, appeals the judgment of conviction entered upon jury verdicts finding him guilty of theft and second degree aggravated motor vehicle theft. We affirm.

After the owner of a truck had parked it, with keys left in the ignition, in a Colorado Springs salvage yard belonging to defendant’s stepfather, defendant took the truck without permission. Approximately twenty-four hours later, while defendant was driving the truck off-road in Jefferson County, it became stuck in a pile of manure that was three to four feet high and over twenty feet long.

The…