Mallard v. State

STEVENSON, Judge.

Appellant, Walter Mallard, appeals his convictions for grand theft and fleeing a police officer. We affirm the grand theft conviction, but reverse the conviction for fleeing a police officer since, in the absence of a formal charging document relating to the fleeing offense, the trial court was without subject matter jurisdiction to try appellant on that charge.

Appellant was arrested for a host of offenses all stemming from his attempted flight from police in a stolen vehicle. A two-count information was subsequently filed charging appellant with grand theft of a motor…