State v. Stroup

Defendant John D. Stroup, Jr., after drinking beer all day, “hotwired” a pickup truck and removed it from a car lot. He was apprehended shortly thereafter and subsequently entered a guilty plea to a charge of grand larceny for the theft of the truck. The court ordered a presentence investigation and a psychiatric evaluation, reports of which were made and submitted.

In the psychiatric evaluation report, defendant was characterized as an unbeatable “anti-social personality” and a menace to a civilized community. The presentence investigation report disclosed numerous pri- or offenses, many of…