State v. Hendrickson

Defendant, Gail Hendrickson, was convicted of the crime of grand larceny of $5,500 from Columbia Bean & Produce, upon a false representation that a wheat crop grown by the defendant was not mortgaged. Defendant appeals upon two grounds:(1) The failure to grant a motion to dismiss at the end of the state’s case; and(2) The denial of defendant’s motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict upon a challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence.

In 1964 defendant and his wife moved to the Columbia Basin from California and settled in Grant County, Washington where defendant’s brother was located.…