Stephens v. State

Shulman, Presiding Judge.

Appellant was convicted, under two separate indictments, of theft by receiving property stolen in another state (Code Ann § 26-1816). The issues raised by this appeal are the general grounds, the trial court’s instruction on venue, the admissibility of a transcript of a tape-recorded statement made by appellant after his arrest, and the court’s refusal to excise from that statement certain phrases appellant contends placed his character in issue.

1. The evidence at trial was sufficient to show that appellant’s brother stole certain property in Tennessee and that…