State v. Sheffey

REYNOLDSON, Justice.

Defendant was charged by county attorney’s information with receiving stolen property valued at more than twenty dollars in violation of § 712.1, The Code. Following jury trial and conviction, judgment was entered sentencing him to an indeterminate prison term not to exceed five years. Upon defendant’s appeal, we affirm.

From the record the jury could have found the following facts.

During the June 22, 1974 weekend forty five coins valued at approximately $2800 were stolen from a Davenport, Iowa, business office. June 24, 1974 at about 9:00 p. m. an unknown man approached…