Busam v. State

RATLIFF, Judge.

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

Wayne Busam was convicted of theft 1 pursuant to trial by the court and sentenced to the Indiana Department of Correction for a term of four (4) years. 2 He appeals his conviction and sentence. We affirm in part and remand for further proceedings.

FACTS

On December 29, 1981, Busam and an accomplice drove to the Templeton Coal Company’s Jonay Mine in Sullivan County to obtain copper wire. The mine was no longer in operation, but electric motors and other machinery were still at the scene. They dismantled an electric motor, removed the copper wire, burned the…