Gentry v. State

Eberhardt, Presiding Judge.

Michael Gentry and his wife, Katrina, had experienced domestic difficulties for months. There were frequent arguments and rows ending in fights, and sometimes with his being jailed for assault upon her. After one such jailing he was released on bond and learned that his wife had taken his automobile from a parking lot where he had left it.

After his release she borrowed a neighbor’s car and went out to an insurance office where he worked for the purpose of getting some money with which to care for their two young children. He asked her about his car. There is…