Busbee v. State

Beasley, Presiding Judge.

Busbee appeals from the judgment entered on his conviction of theft by taking (OCGA § 16-8-2).

Oscar Bush and James Wooley, a construction contractor and his helper, were re-roofing a residence using a saw belonging to Bush worth approximately $175. They stopped for lunch and drove to town, leaving the saw at the work site in Bush’s unlocked van. When they returned, the saw was missing. Bush and Wooley drove back to town looking for appellant Busbee and found her by the side of the road talking to Walter Ellis. Bush retrieved his saw from the back seat of Busbee’s car,…