State v. Taylor

HALL, Justice:

Appeal from a conviction of theft of a firearm.

The gun in question was stolen from its owner on December 5, 1975, and charges were brought against the defendant in December, 1976, alleging he exercised unauthorized control thereof with intent to deprive the owner of it. 1 At trial, no evidence was offered to implicate the defendant with the actual theft, the prosecution relying solely upon defendant’s attempt to pawn the gun on April 24, 1976, as proof of the offense charged, 2 and the trial court denied defendant’s motion to dismiss for failure to prove the elements of the…