Williams v. State

McMurray, Presiding Judge.

Defendant was indicted and convicted of the offense of theft by taking. Defendant appeals contending that his sentence of five years in prison is excessive. Held:

1. The owner of the stolen property, a citizens band radio and linear amplifier, testified that he had paid approximately three hundred dollars for them. He also testified that after the equipment was recovered and returned to him he traded them in on better equipment and was given three hundred dollars for them on the trade-in.

Theft by taking is only one crime, and the punishment for that crime is…