Metts v. State

Deen, Presiding Judge.

There is direct evidence in this case that the defendant and another called a taxi between 5 and 6 a.m. and directed them to an address which proved to be a wine store entrance next to a fish market and fronting on an alley behind a shopping center, for the purpose of picking up a package. The "package” proved to be approximately a carload of beer and wine. The driver refused, and, when offered a part of the wine, refused again and signaled his dispatcher who called the police. The passengers had no money to pay their fares. They were soon thereafter apprehended by…