State v. Michielli

The State claims the lower courts erred in dismissing three counts of trafficking in stolen property prior to Defendant’s trial. We affirm the trial court, although on different grounds than those stated by the Court of Appeals.

Joseph Robert Michielli (Defendant) allegedly took a rifle, an Impulse fish-finder, and a Uniden Bearcat 100-channel scanner from the house in which he was a tenant. The record does not specify whether Defendant merely rented a room in the house or rented the entire house, and the record does not reveal where the property had been stored in the house. The stolen…