Govostis v. State

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• holding, in a different application of the doctrine, that the stealing of several articles, at the same time, from the same person, is one theft
• defendant may be identified as an accomplice by showing he was in the company of the perpetrators in the vicinity of the crime at about the time the crime was committed
• where evidence showed that defendant loaded victim’s clothing into victim’s car and then stole both, as part of one criminal scheme, separate sentences for stealing the car and the clothing could not stand
• defendant wore clothing similar to that worn by robber and he possessed a handgun similar to one used by the perpetrator; also witnesses placed defendant at the scene of the crime — other crimes evidence permitted to identify the accused
• defendant wore clothing similar to that worn by robber and he possessed a handgun similar to one used by the perpetrator; also witnesses placed defendant at the scene of the crime — other crimes evidence permitted to identify the accused

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).