State v. Blye11/1/2002
On the morning of July 31, 1998, Alfred Mann of the Colonial Heights area in Sullivan County discovered that his silver1987 Volkswagen Scirocco sports car, valued at between $5,000 and $6,000, had been taken from his front lawn. He had left his keys in the vehicle.
On August 8, 1998, Samuel Loflin, whose company, Freeman Glass, owned a 1997 GMC Yukon and a 1994 Ford F-250 pickup truck, discovered that the Yukon had been taken from his driveway in the Preston Forest Subdivision in Kingsport. The Yukon had a value of over $10,000. Two drills and a suction cup for holding glass, having a cumulative value of over $500, were missing from the Ford truck.
That same morning, Samuel Loflin's son, Tom, who lived next door to his father, discovered that someone had broken into his Pontiac Grand Prix. The passenger door had been left open and the contents of the glove compartment and the center console had been removed and left on the seats. Debra Lynn Clasin, who lived directly across the street, found that the trunk of her daughter's Mazda automobile had been left open. The console and glove compartment of the vehicle were also open and the contents were scattered throughout the interior of the car.
Also that same morning, Brian Carroll, who lived in the same subdivision as the Loflins, discovered that the door to his Chevrolet S10 pickup truck, which was parked in his carport, had been opened and the contents of the truck were in disarray. An amplifier, a subwoofer box, and compact discs were missing. The property had a cumulative value of approximately $1,500.
The next day, Joe Aaron Gafford, a Church of Christ minister, returned from vacation and discovered that his residence, which was located adjacent to Preston Forest subdivision, had been burglarized and ransacked. A light was left on in the residence, which had been locked during Gafford's absence. The carport door had been pried open and left ajar. Drawers and cabinets were open throughout the house. A baby ring, two VCRs, two cameras, a portable television, a microwave, $200 in cash, and several drawers from a jewelry armoire had been taken. Gafford estimated that the cumulative value of the stolen property was in excess of $1,000. All of the property taken was later recovered.
Mary Elizabeth Snapp, who had been dating the defendant, met him at an office complex where he was doing interior cleaning on August 8, 1998. Sometime after dark, each left in separate cars. According to Ms. Snapp, she followed the defendant, who was driving a two-door silver sports car, to a Winn-Dixie parking lot, where he opened the trunk of his car and gave Ms. Snapp a VCR and a baby ring. She took the items to her apartment. At approximately 3:00 A.M. the next morning, the defendant drove to Ms. Snapp's apartment in the silver sports car. The defendant then drove Ms. Snapp to a friend's house where she waited 30 minutes to an hour. When the defendant returned, he was driving a green GMC Yukon, which was later identified as that stolen from Sam Loflin. Ms. Snapp joined the defendant in the Yukon. Shortly after their departure, the defendant picked up a man whose car was out of gasoline and drove him to a convenience market. When a police officer arrived, the defendant drove away, leaving the man at the pump. Afterward, another police vehicle followed the Yukon until the defendant drove down a dead-end road, where he and Ms. Snapp waited for several minutes. A short while later, another officer saw the Yukon and began to follow. According to Ms. Snapp, the defendant sped away, drove through a roadblock, and eventually missed a curve and crashed into a house. The defendant fled on foot, leaving Ms. Snapp in the car. Whe
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