Hays v. State

OPINION

BUSSEY, Judge:

The appellant, Brian Dale Hays, was tried in Woodward County, Oklahoma for the crime of Larceny of Automobile, After Former Conviction of a Felony, pursuant to 21 O.S.1981, § 1720, on March 18, 1981, Case No. CRF-80-214. He was convicted by the jury of the lesser included offense of Unauthorized Use of Motor Vehicle, 47 O.S. 1981, § 4-102. He was sentenced to four (4) years’ imprisonment and appeals.

The appellant was stopped on a routine traffic stop while driving a pickup truck in Cherokee, Oklahoma. Upon discovery that the pickup truck belonged to an Amoco Production…