Chalmers v. State

We affirm Chalmers’ conviction of grand theft of a trailer and tools owned by Elmer Cook.

Cook, the owner of Cook Construction, testified that he had hired Chalmers to supervise a roofing job. They had an informal agreement that Chalmers would receive an allowance for labor, expenses of the job would be deducted from the overall contract amount, and the two would split the remaining profit. They also agreed that if Chalmers’ labor exceeded the allowance, that amount would be deducted from Chalmers’ portion of the profits. Chal-mers testified that he and Cook were partners. He said they were…