Garcia v. State

I concur in affirming the conviction of Glenn Eddie Garcia (Garcia), age eighteen, for aggravated assault as well as interference with a police officer. These charges resulted from his conduct with a motor vehicle which endangered the police officer, the general public, his automobile passengers and, of course, himself. Differing, however, as to the concealing stolen property charge, I dissent in that conviction and would reverse that count.

According to the appellate record, Garcia stole a 1984 dark-blue Toyota Célica in Laramie, Wyoming mid-afternoon on November 1, 1987, after which he…