Shaw v. State

HERRMANN, Justice:

In this automobile theft case, the conviction obviously rested upon the inference or presumption of guilt * arising from exclusive possession of recently stolen property. The defendant admittedly sold the stolen automobile to a dealer approximately 10 days after the theft; but he explained the possession by-testifying that he purchased the car from another without knowledge that it had been stolen. The jury obviously refused to accept the explanation; it convicted.

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On the appeal, the defendant contends that the State did not fulfill its burden of proof, expressed in State v.…