165.08 - Unauthorized use of a vehicle in the first degree.

§ 165.08 Unauthorized use of a vehicle in the first degree.    A  person  is  guilty  of  unauthorized  use of a vehicle in the first  degree when knowing that he does not have the consent of the  owner,  he  takes,  operates,  exercises  control over, rides in or otherwise uses a  vehicle with the intent to  use  the  same  in  the  course  of  or  the  commission  of  a  class A, class B, class C or class D felony or in the  immediate flight therefrom. A person who engages  in  any  such  conduct  without  the  consent  of the owner is presumed to know he does not have  such consent.    Unauthorized use of a vehicle in the first degree is a class D felony.