State v. Ferreira

This is an appeal by the defendant, George P. Ferreira, Jr., from a judgment of conviction on one of two counts of malicious conversion, HRS § 752 (1), and from the denial of certain post trial motions filed May 12, 1971.

FACTS

The defendant, during late November or early December of 1969, allegedly converted a red MG automobile (MG) and an International Travelall station wagon (Travelall) by towing both vehicles away from the storage yard of the Maui County Jail in Wailuku, Maui, without permission.

Though the testimony is in conflict, it is apparent that the defendant and two others appeared…