STATE v. MATOUSEK

No. 42160.

178 N.W.2d 604 (1970)

STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. Ernest MATOUSEK, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

June 19, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Paul Jones, Public Defender, Kenneth F. Kirwin, Minneapolis, for appellant.

Douglas Head, Atty. Gen., James M. Kelly, Asst. Atty. Gen., Darrell C. Hill, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., St. Paul, John E. Keefe, County Atty., Hutchinson, for respondent.

Heard before KNUTSON, C. J., and NELSON, WILLIAM P. MURPHY, OTIS, and JAMES F. MURPHY, JJ.


OPINION

JAMES F. MURPHY, Justice.*

This is an appeal from a judgment of the district court adjudging defendant, Ernest Matousek, guilty of the crime of theft in violation of Minn.St. 609.52, subd. 2, and from an order denying his motion for a new trial.

In April 1968, Hopkins Motor Sales, a car dealership located in Hopkins, Minnesota, took as a trade-in on a new car a 1967 Pontiac GTO. The car was parked on the Hopkins...

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