Crumady v. State

(After stating the foregoing facts.)

It is urged by counsel for defendant that a new trial should be granted, because the court should have given, without request, in substance this instruction to the jury: “Recent unexplained possession of the fruits of a crime is a circumstance to be considered by the jury in passing upon the guilt or innocence of defendant, and it may authorize a conviction, if with the other circumstances of the case the jury are convinced of the defendant’s guilt beyond a *461reasonable doubt; but if such possession is reasonably and satisfactorily explained, and it is…