Williams v. State

Pope, Judge.

The defendant Williams was indicted, tried and convicted of theft by receiving stolen property. The stolen property was a rare, German-made, three barrel shotgun and rifle combination valued at *866$1,500. The weapon was taken in the burglary of a home in Hart County, Georgia. Williams testified at trial that he had bought the gun from a heavy-set, bearded, “black-headed fellow” he had encountered at a motorcycle hill climbing event in South Carolina.

The trial judge instructed the jury “that recent possession of stolen property without satisfactory explanation is sufficient to…