State v. Thorn

CROW, Presiding Judge.

A jury found Roy W. Thorn, III (“Defendant”) guilty of failing to return leased or rented property, § 578.150,1 and assessed punishment at one year’s imprisonment in jail and a fine to be determined by the court. The trial court imposed the jail sentence set by the jury and ordered Defendant to pay a $5,000 fine. Defendant appeals.

The property Defendant failed to return is described in the information as an “IBM Computer AS-400, B-30, With Peripheral Devices,” owned by Newport Leasing, Inc., of Santa Ana, California.

The first of Defendant’s three points relied on avers…