Thomas v. State

I must respectfully dissent from the majority holding in this case.

Arkansas Code Annotated section 5-36-106(a) (Repl.2006) provides that a person commits theft by receiving when he receives, retains, or disposes of stolen property of another person, knowing it was stolen or having good reason to believe it was stolen. The statute further provides that the unexplained possession or control by the person of recently stolen property gives rise to a presumption that a person knows or believes that property was stolen.1 In this case, the appellant was found to be in possession of a firearm seven…