State v. Jones

DIXON, Judge.

The defendant Allen Farrel Jones appeals his conviction for stealing under Fifty Dollars ($50.00) and a jury-imposed fine of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00). Defendant’s claim that the information was fatally defective is dispositive of the case and the judgment of conviction is reversed.

A very short statement of facts will serve to focus the issue. The evidence at trial showed that Allen Farrel Jones and one Paul Humphrey removed some copper wire from the premises of a third person and *337fled the scene upon detection of the theft. Humphrey testified against Jones in the instant…