State v. Ontiveros

OPINION

CHAVEZ, Judge.

Defendant appeals his conviction by jury of conspiracy and the unlawful taking of a motor vehicle. Two issues are before us on appeal: whether defendant took the motor vehicle with the consent of the owner; and whether the trial court erred in refusing defendant’s tendered instructions on entrapment. We affirm.

Facts

In May 1988, defendant approached Tony Orona, a mechanic at Haas Motor Co. in Alamogordo, and offered him money to make available a set of keys to one of the vehicles on the car lot. After conferring with the police, William Haas, the owner of the car…