Skinner v. State

NIX, Presiding Judge:

Bill Skinner, hereinafter referred to as the defendant, was charged in the District Court of Carter County with the crime of Larceny of an Auto. He was tried before a jury, found guilty, and sentenced to three years in the penitentiary. The appeal was timely lodged in this Court, asserting three assignments of error.

The charge against defendant arose out of the following set of facts. During the night of October 31, 1965, Orvel McComber and his wife were awakened by the sound of an auto being started. As they looked from a window, they observed their 1962 Chevrolet being…