State v. Goff

FOSHEIM, Justice.

A Meade County jury returned a verdict of guilty against the defendant on a charge of grand theft. This appeal is from the judgment of conviction. We reverse.

In August of 1978, James Goff requested Dorothy I. Gapp and her husband, John E. Gapp, to help him with his financial problems. Specifically, a bank at Billings, Montana, was about to repossess his 1972 Chevrolet automobile for delinquent payments. On September 18, 1978, Dorothy Gapp accompanied the defendant to Billings and paid the creditor bank $750.00, the amount necessary to satisfy the bank’s note and lien. Mrs.…