People v. Minor

A jury found the defendant, Asa Minor, Jr., guilty of three counts of theft over $150. The defendant was found to have exerted unauthorized control on January 30, 1980, over three automobiles that had been stolen prior to that date from three separate owners. The three automobiles, from which numerous major parts had been removed, were discovered on the day in question in a large building rented by the defendant. The trial court entered judgment and sentenced the defendant to four years in the Department of Corrections on each of the three counts, the sentences to be served concurrently. On…