Court convicted defendant of theft for cutting neighbor's trees with intent to appropriate, sentencing to fine and restitution.

The court convicted the defendant of theft for cutting 23 willow trees on his neighbor's land with the intent to appropriate them for firewood. The prosecution argued the defendant knowingly cut trees outside his property boundaries while hoping no one would intervene, and the court found this intent to appropriate established by his actions and statements. Consequently, the court imposed a fine of 50 daily rates and ordered full restitution of the damaged property value to the victim.