State v. Para

OPINION

EUBANK, Presiding Judge.

Appellant was found guilty of seven counts of receiving stolen property (A.R.S. § 13-621). In this appeal, he argues that the trial court committed several errors in the course of his jury trial. Since we hold that the jury instructions in this case require a reversal of appellant’s conviction, we have no need to consider appellant’s other assertions of error.

The evidence most favorable to the judgment is as follows: In October or November of 1974, Mr. Robert McCormick noticed approximately 12 stray horses on his ranch in Maricopa County. He called the Livestock…