State v. Jamerson

Wiehl, J. †

The appellant was charged with, and found guilty by a jury of the crime of taking and riding in a motor vehicle without the permission of the owner.

Appellant was arrested on January 19, 1967 at approximately 10:55 p.m. while driving an automobile which had been reported stolen that morning by James David Pond, its co-owner who was in possession of it at the time it disappeared. The automobile was jointly owned by James Pond and his father. James Pond testified, however, that he drove the car 100 per cent of the time and that his father never had taken or driven the car. James Pond…