State v. Sadler

This is a garden variety theft case involving a garden variety procedure that has somehow gone all wrong. After the information was initially filed in this case, the defendant apparently moved to dismiss it, contending that the property at issue was his own property. The alleged victim of the theft was a corporation, American Coin Merchandising. The chief of security of the victim corporation was deposed, but he was unable to verify that the recovered items belonged to his employer. Based on that state of affairs, the State chose not to file a traverse to the motion and the case was…