State v. Treible

On October 5, 1993, Ronald Treible, Jr. was found guilty by a jury of felony theft in the Fourteenth Judicial District Court, Musselshell County and was sentenced to two years deferred. Defendant appeals his conviction.

We affirm.

The sole issue on appeal is whether, following the completion of the trial, the District Court erred in denying defendant’s motion for a directed verdict for failure to prove elements of felony theft.

FACTS

On January 23, 1993, the owners of the Melstone Bar and Cafe, Melvin and Judy Metzger, called the police to report their bar had been broken into and that there were…