State v. Vargas

LANSING, Judge.

Abraham Vargas appeals from his conviction for grand theft following a jury trial. Vargas asserts that the district court erred by refusing his requested jury instruction concerning the definition of “value.” He also asserts that his conviction must be reduced to petit theft because the State failed to introduce sufficient evidence either that he possessed all of the stolen property at issue or that the value of the property exceeded one thousand dollars. We affirm.

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BACKGROUND

In March 2010, a Cassia County farm operator hired an irrigation pump company to do some work on one of…