Cox v. State

Deen, Presiding Judge.

1. The defendants were jointly indicted, tried and convicted of motor vehicle theft. The principal witness was the victim who testified that he was the agent of Mrs. B. to rent a trailer, that the defendants came to talk about renting it, that eventually he and the defendants left in the witness’ car; that the defendants beat him up and when he went into a store to telephone the police they left with his car. The defense took the position that there were material inaccuracies in the witness’ recounting of what happened between him and the defendants, and that one of the…