Paneitz v. State

Appellant was charged by affidavit with the offense of vehicle taking and with being an habitual criminal. He was found guilty of both charges and was sentenced to be imprisoned in the Indiana State Prison for a term of not less than one year nor more than ten years for the offense of vehicle taking; and for being an habitual criminal, he was sentenced to be imprisoned in the Indiana State Prison for life.

Appellant’s only assignment of error is the overruling of his motion for new trial. He argues that the conviction of vehicle taking as defined in Burns’ Ind. Stat., §10-3011, 1956…