State v. Cody

SEILER, Judge.

Appellant was charged in a two count information with stealing a truck by bypassing the ignition, and stealing $5,000 worth of stainless steel which appellant had loaded onto the truck. Both the truck and the steel were taken at the same time and place from the premises of Lyon Sheet Metal Works, Inc., the lawful owner of the stolen property. Appellant moved for consolidation of the two counts on the ground that they constituted only one offense. The trial court overruled the motion and after the state indicated that it was prepared to prove the above-stated facts surrounding…