People v. Curtiss

Opinion

GUSTAFSON, J.

The defendant was charged by information with grand theft (in violation of subdivision 3, section 487 of the Penal Code) and with unlawfully taking or driving a vehicle without the consent of the owner (in violation of section 10851 of the Vehicle Code).

The evidence at the preliminary hearing discloses that the defendant rented an automobile for one week. The contract provided that the automobile would not be taken but of the state. Nearly three months after the automobile should have been returned, the defendant was located in Georgia with the car and extradited to…