State v. Ryder

ALLBEE, Justice.

Defendant appeals from his jury trial conviction of first degree theft, a violation of sections 714.1(1) and 714.2(1), The Code 1979. He alleges error in trial court’s failure to grant his motion to suppress evidence acquired as a result of an aerial observation of his land, and in trial court’s decision to allow the jury to view the property allegedly stolen without formally admitting it into evidence. We affirm.

In August 1979, a 27-foot hydraulic wing disk valued at $8200 was reported stolen from a farm in Taylor County, Iowa. Shortly thereafter, it was learned that a pickup…