State v. Koenig

KEAN, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a jury verdict which found LaVerne Koenig (appellant) guilty of grand theft. The appellant was sentenced to a term of six years imprisonment. We affirm.

Danny Baum (Baum) owned Larson Manufacturing Company of Huron, South Dakota. In late January, 1981, two of Baum’s employees informed him that the appellant, who was then working for Baum, was stealing property from his company.

On the morning of January 30, 1981, Baum called Sheriff Mel Scheibe of Beadle County and related what had been learned from the employees. The sheriff declined to offer his…