COATS, Chief Judge.
The question raised by this case is whether a defendant can be convicted of vehicle theft in the first degree if he obtains the vehicle with the oral permission of the owner. We conclude that, although the wording of the statute would seem to support such a conviction, the legislative history of the statute indicates that the legislature did not intend this result.
Following a jury trial, Benjamin Eppenger, Jr., was convicted of vehicle...
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