Ellis v. State

The plaintiff in error, Gary Ellis, hereinafter referred to as defendant, appeals from two separate convictions of receiving and concealing stolen property.

On 3 April 1965 two Chevrolet automobiles were stolen, while parted, in Cleveland, Tennessee. These cars, driven to a remote section of an adjoining county, were *300stripped of salable parts and the parts carried in an enclosed truck to London, Kentucky, where they were sold to a salvage dealer. On 5 April 1965 defendant along with two codefendants, Jerry Maroon and J. D. Stans-bery, were arrested and charged with this crime.

Defendant was…