Socorro v. State

Rodolfo Socorro appeals his conviction for first degree grand theft, the sentence imposed and an order of restitution in the amount of $174,862.28. We affirm the judgment and sentence, but vacate the order of restitution.

A Department of Transportation compliance officer stopped Socorro while the latter was driving a stolen Mack truck pulling a flatbed trailer that carried a Caterpillar wheel loader. The truck, trailer and loader were driven by Moss Towing to an impound lot after Socorro’s arrest and he had no further control over the equipment. Inexplicably, the equipment was stolen a second…