Olson v. State

ON PETITION TO TRANSFER

DeBruler, J.

Donald Olson was convicted of theft of property over $100.00 (IC 1971, 35-17-5-3, being Burns § 10- 30.30, and IC 1971, 35-17-5-13, being Burns §10-3040) after a trial by jury in the Vigo Circuit Court, C. Joseph Anderson presiding. He appealed his conviction to the Court of Appeals, First District contending that the court erred in giving certain instructions to the jury and also that hearsay evidence was erroneously admitted in the course of the prosecutor’s casein-chief. The First District affirmed his conviction in an opinion found at 304 N.E.2d 830.

Olson…