State v. Quinn

DUNN, Justice.

Defendant was convicted by a jury of grand theft and driving while intoxicated. He was sentenced to three and one-half years in the state penitentiary for the grand theft conviction and one year for driving while intoxicated. We affirm as to the DWI conviction and modify the grand theft conviction to a petty theft conviction.

On the afternoon of June 21, 1978, Michael Hauger drove a 1967 Chevrolet Impala to teener baseball practice at Riverside Park in Yankton, South Dakota. At 4:30 p. m., he noticed that his car was missing. He reported the theft, and the Yankton Police…