Brown v. State

Fermon L. Brown and James Avery Giles, defendants-appellant, (Defendants), were convicted by a jury of theft (unauthorized control over property of the owner) and now bring this appeal.

We affirm.

On June 14, 1974, David Watson (Watson), owner of Watson Tire Service, was- in his office when he observed a van-type truck containing two people stop in front of his place of business. One of the persons entered the showroom while Watson was engaged in a telephone conversation. When Watson heard a scuffling sound, he looked into the showroom and observed through the front windows one of the…