State v. Leggett

BECTON, Judge.

I

The State introduced evidence tending to show that during the evening of 19 September 1981, David Edmondson reported the theft of three of his firearms — a .3006 bore rifle, a 20-gauge pump shotgun, and a .22 automatic rifle. Gregory Rogerson, a mutual friend of Edmondson and defendant, visited defendant’s home that same evening. While he was there, defendant showed Rogerson three guns stored in a bathroom closet, later identified as Edmondson’s guns. Rogerson contacted Edmondson, told him where his guns were, and the two of them reported the theft to the Sheriffs Department.…