Holbrook v. State

Smith, Judge.

Gary Holbrook was convicted of theft by taking, OCGA § 16-8-2; theft by receiving, OCGA § 16-8-7 (a); criminal damage to property in the second degree, OCGA § 16-7-23 (a) (1); DUI, OCGA § 40-6-391 (a) (1), (4); attempting to elude a police officer, OCGA § 40-6-395 (a); and was sentenced as a recidivist pursuant to OCGA § 17-10-7. His motion for a new trial was denied.

The evidence at trial showed that a 1989 Ford truck was taken without permission from the work site of a P. F. Moon Construction Company project during the weekend of August 30, 1991. A red Honda Civic was taken…