Williams v. State

Pope, Judge.

Paul Williams here appeals his conviction of theft by receiving stolen property, a college textbook. He was sentenced to twelve months probation and fined $150.00.

1. In appellant’s first enumeration of error he asserts that the trial court erred in refusing to grant his motion for new trial in that the evidence was insufficient to support the jury’s verdict of guilty. Basically appellant argues that the state failed to prove the knowledge element of the crime.

From the facts adduced at trial, the jury could reasonably have found that a textbook was stolen from a University of…