Turntime v. State

Sognier, Chief Judge.

Willie Rufus Turntime was charged with theft by taking an automobile and by receiving a stolen automobile. A jury acquitted him of the charge of theft by taking and convicted him of theft by receiving. He appeals.

The evidence adduced at trial showed that on November 14, 1990, Detective Richard Brown of the Atlanta Police Department’s Fugitive Squad was in an unmarked car when his attention was drawn to a late model red Honda Accord because it had unrepaired body damage. Detective Brown followed the car and asked his radio dispatcher to check its tag number. After being…