Craighead v. State

Clark, Judge.

The appellant, along with George Smith and Edward Burton, was indicted for the burglary of Downing Motors, Inc., and theft of an automobile therefrom. He was found not guilty of burglary but guilty of motor vehicle theft, and received a sentence of five years imprisonment. Smith and Burton plead guilty. Appellant enumerates error on the denial of his motion for new trial (made on the general grounds only) and the court’s failure to charge on criminal attempt.

1. The State’s evidence was that Craighead and Smith were observed in a Mustang automobile by a police officer responding…