State v. Castaldi

HOUSER, Commissioner.

Alphonse Vincent Castaldi and Clinton Edward Hawkins were jointly charged with, jointly tried, and each was convicted of tampering with a motor vehicle. This is an appeal by defendant Castaldi from the judgment sentencing him to 3 years’ imprisonment in the penitentiary.

The vital question on this appeal is whether the state’s evidence was sufficient to make a case for the jury.

A fire in the woods a quarter or half mile from Camp Sunnen, a Boy Scout camp in Washington County, was called to the attention of the director of the camp, Clayton Breihan. Investigating, Breihan…