State v. Davis

238 P.2d 450 (1951)

STATE

v.

DAVIS.

No. 7727.

Supreme Court of Idaho.

November 20, 1951.

Rehearing Denied December 19, 1951.

Vernon K. Smith, Boise, for appellant.

Robert E. Smylie, Atty. Gen. of Idaho, and J. R. Smead, Asst. Atty. Gen. and Merlin S. Young, Pros. Atty., Boise, for respondent.

GIVENS, Chief Justice.

Appellant was convicted of grand larceny through the theft of an automobile, February 13, 1947.

Smilanich, owner of a 1941 Chevrolet Club coupe, the automobile in question, left it unlocked in the parking lot before the Circle M, some kind of a business establishment on Highway 30 a mile or…