Jones v. State

ANSTEAD, Judge.

William Jones was convicted by a jury for grand theft. He appeals his conviction, asserting that the trial court erred by denying his motion for judgment of acquittal and by giving the following jury instruction:

Proof of possession of recently stolen property, unless satisfactorily explained, gives rise to an inference that the person in possession of the property knew or should have known that the property had been stolen.

We find there was sufficient evidence for the case to be submitted to the jury. We reverse Jones’ conviction, however, as the giving of the jury instruction…