Preston v. State

Benham, Judge.

A jury found appellant guilty of theft by receiving stolen property, a 1960 Chevrolet Biscayne.

1. In his first enumeration, appellant asserts as error the trial court’s denial of his motion for a directed verdict of acquittal. The State had presented evidence that appellant was arrested while he sat in the driver’s seat of the 1960 Biscayne which he had attempted to start. A watching police officer, recognizing the car as one reported stolen a week earlier, had disabled the vehicle and surveilled it for two hours, during which time appellant was the only person who approached…