State v. Gaines

HOLOHAN, Justice.

Appellant, Sherman L. Gaines, was charged by information with receiving stolen property in violation of A.R.S. § 13-621. He waived trial by jury and submitted the case on the testimony presented at the preliminary hearing. The superior court found him guilty of a misdemeanor and sentenced him to a short period of confinement in the county jail. A timely appeal was filed, and Division One of the Court of Appeals, with one Judge dissenting, reversed the trial court for the reason that the record lacked the necessary evidence to support a finding that the appellant knew or had…