People v. Gilmer

Defendant Robert Joseph Gilmer was charged with felony theft of an automobile in violation of 1967 Perm. Supp., C.R.S. 1963, 40-5-2. He was convicted by a jury and sentenced to the state penitentiary. We find no reversible error and therefore affirm the judgment.

The record reveals a rather unusual series of events culminating in the filing of the above charge against defendant. On October 11, 1969, State Patrolman Pendergast saw defendant in a stolen pickup truck at the west city limits of Eagle, Colorado. He stopped the defendant, who quickly exited, from the truck and ran away. Twenty…