Edge v. State

Tommy Dale Edge urges on appeal that the evidence was insufficient to establish that the value of the item which he was accused of taking was $100 or more. We agree and reverse the conviction of grand larceny.

The information charged Edge with taking a trombone worth $100 or more, but the evidence adduced at trial through the testimony of the State’s expert witness was that the instrument had a fair market value of less than $100. Though the witness had initially testified that the trombone was worth $115, he acknowledged upon further questioning that that fair market value included the…