STATE v. GEORGE

No. 12135.

481 P.2d 667 (1971)

25 Utah 2d 330

STATE of Utah, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Phillip Cooper GEORGE and William Wade Thompson, Defendants and Appellants.

Supreme Court of Utah.

February 22, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phil L. Hansen and Associates, Salt Lake City, for defendants and appellants.

Vernon B. Romney, Atty. Gen., Lauren N. Beasley, Harry E. McCoy, Asst. Attys. Gen., Salt Lake City, for plaintiff and respondent.


HENRIOD, Justice:

Appeal from a grand larceny conviction. Reversed.

A truck with camper attached disappeared from a used car lot. About a week later the camper was sitting on E's premises. The truck's whereabouts has not been determined. Defendants jointly were charged with the theft of both. The evidence was circumstantial, absent which, any hope for conviction could not be entertained. Without detailing all the facts, it may be said that they provoked a...

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