People v. Putty

Defendant appeals from the judgment entered following a jury trial that resulted in his conviction of receiving stolen property in violation of Penal Code section 496. His purported appeal from the order denying his motion for new trial must be dismissed. (Pen. Code, § 1237.) Prior convictions of burglary and grand theft were admitted by appellant.

Appellant contends that his oral incriminating statements were improperly received in evidence because (1) there was insufficient evidence aliunde these statements to establish the corpus delicti; and (2) the undercover officers who were negotiating…