State v. Getz

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Abbott, J.:

This is a direct appeal by the defendant, Vicky Getz, from her conviction of felony theft. Getz was convicted of the theft of two horses valued at over $500. The Court of Appeals affirmed the conviction, and we accepted review.

On Friday, September 23, 1988, between 3:30 and 4:00 p.m., Forrest Paddock found two paint horses on his property. Paddock had never seen these horses before; he assumed they belonged to his neighbor, Vicky Getz, because he knew Getz often boarded horses. The residences of Paddock and Getz were just a few feet apart.…