Tongate v. State

OPINION

CRONE, Judge.

Case Summary

The State charged Jon Paul Tongate with one count of class D felony receiving stolen property. A magistrate presided over the jury trial, and the jury found him guilty as charged. Tongate filed a motion to correct error, and the trial court judge denied it after listening to an audio recording of the trial. Tongate now appeals, arguing that the magistrate was required to rule on the motion to correct error and that there was insufficient evidence to support his conviction. We conclude that the magistrate was not required to rule on the motion to correct error…