Coley v. Commonwealth

COOPER, Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment in the Henderson Circuit Court, wherein the appellant, Jack L. Coley, was indicted and tried for committing the offense of theft by deception, but was convicted of the offense of attempted theft by deception.

David Sheets, a mechanic, testified that he was hired by the appellant to rewire his 1971 Cadillac automobile. He performed the work but the automobile would not run properly. The appellant instructed Sheets to loosen the gas line, that he, the appellant, was going to burn the car. Coley poured gasoline in the front of the car, set it afire…