Way v. State

THOMPSON, Judge.

Way appeals his judgment and sentence for the crime of grand theft. We reverse and remand.

A jury convicted Way of grand theft based on tenuous circumstantial evidence and the uncorroborated testimony of one eyewitness that Way was the person that committed the crime. The evidence tended to show that Way had cashed a check which had been stolen during a burglary of a Femandina Beach business.

At trial, Deputy Alberta testified that he had been called to investigate a burglary at approximately 10:00 p.m. on July 3, 1984. Alberta further testified that earlier that day he had…