Anderson v. State

RODGERS, Justice.

This is an appeal from the judgment of conviction of Lawrence Anderson on a charge of receiving stolen property, knowing the property to have been stolen. This case came to this Court from the Circuit Court of Forrest County, Mississippi.

The State offered testimony of an alleged accomplice, Joe Booth, who had previously pled guilty to larceny. He testified that he purchased liquor from Lawrence Anderson on credit, and owed him for liquor at a time when he saw him out at his home on the property of Joe Jones, the owner of the stolen property. He testified that Lawrence…