State v. Washington

This, is a petition to review the decision of the Court of Appeals in State v. Washington, 20 Or App 350, 531 P2d 743 (1975), which affirmed a conviction of the crime of burglary in the first degree. At trial, petitioner had requested a jury instruction on theft in the second degree by receiving. The requested instruction was based on his version of the events leading up to his arrest. The trial court denied his request, and the jury found him guilty of burglary. We granted the petitions for review in this case and in the companion case, State v. Nye, 20 Or App 454, 532 P2d 42 (1975), to…