State v. Garrett

Appellant, Homer F. Garrett, was found guilty of receiving stolen property, a violation of § 560.270, RSMo 1969, V.A.M.S. in a jury waived proceeding on the 3rd day of January, 1973, and was sentenced on February 15, 1973, to a term of four (4) years in the Missouri Department of Corrections. This is a direct appeal from that judgment and sentence.

Section 560.270, RSMo 1969, V.A. M.S., required that in order to violate the statute, one must receive stolen property with guilty knowledge, i.e., knowing the property to be stolen. Proof of guilty knowledge, then, is a prerequisite to commission…