Williams v. State

SPECTOR, Judge.

Appellant was convicted on two counts of automobile theft in a trial by jury.

It is urged by appellant that the trial judge erroneously instructed the jury that guilt could be inferred from appellant’s unexplained possession of recently stolen goods.

The trial court included in its instructions to the jury the following:

“Now, I also charge you that the unexplained possession of goods recently stolen is a circumstance from which an inference of guilt may be drawn when considered in connection with all the other circumstances of the case and that the unexplained possession of…