Ragsdale v. State

Birdsong, Judge.

Appellants were convicted of theft by taking of property valued in excess of $200, and were given felony sentences. They now take *449issue with the sufficiency of the evidence concerning the value of the items taken and seek a remand to the trial court for resentencing on misdemeanor theft by taking.

Probably without dispute, it can be stated that in this State the leading case establishing the principles for ascertaining value is the case of Hoard v. Wiley, 113 Ga. App. 328 (147 SE2d 782), a 1966 case. That case relied upon Code Ann. § 38-1709 which authorized the stating of an…