Brown v. State

Bell, Chief Judge.

Defendant was convicted of theft by taking of a boat and motor. Held:

1. The state by its evidence established that the defendant had backed his truck into a driveway where the victim’s boat and its motor resting on a trailer was stored in a carport; and that the defendant drove a short distance away with the boat secured to his truck when he was apprehended. Defendant in his testimony admitted moving the boat on its trailer "a little bit” from the carport and securing it to a hitch on his truck but denied driving away with it. He also denied having any intent to steal the…