Harris v. State

Birdsong, Judge.

Lawrence Edward Harris was convicted of theft by taking, a felony. This being appellant’s fifth conviction for theft by taking, he was sentenced to ten years, eight to serve and two on probation. The evidence shows that in the early morning hours of September 25, 1981, appellant Harris and one Michael Hayes were traveling in appellant’s car on Sylvan Road in Atlanta when they allegedly ran out of gas and stopped the car on the warehouse property of Air Cond Atlanta. A police officer cruising by saw the appellant’s abandoned car in front of the property. Upon investigation, he…