Supreme Court of Iowa April 13, 1972, 54776 (State v. Smith)

UHLENHOPP, Justice.

The question before us is whether stealing a tire and rim from a wheel on a car constitutes larceny “in” a motor vehicle.

Law officers who were called to a new-car lot at night discovered defendant emerging from the lot. They searched the lot and found a Buick car from which the left front tire and rim were missing. A tire, jack, and lug wrench were nearby.