Huncke v. State

Evans, Judge.

Three defendants were tried and convicted of theft by taking. Defendant Huncke was sentenced to serve five years; defendant Trouille was sentenced to serve ten years; and defendant Koonse was sentenced to serve five years. A joint motion for new trial was filed and denied, and defendants appeal. Held:

1. The sole complaint is that the evidence was insufficient to justify conviction, being based on circumstantial evidence alone. A considerable length of copper wire had been cut from the poles of an electric membership corporation on July 19, 1974, along Georgia Highway 37 in Lanier…