State v. Knapp

HABHAB, Judge.

In this appeal we consider several legal problems in this prosecution for theft in the second degree under sections 714.1(4) and 714.2(2) of the Iowa Code. For reasons which will appear, we affirm.

The jury could find the following from the evidence. In the spring and summer months of 1986, the Des Moines Police Department used a cleaning business as a front while undercover officers, posing as fences, let it be known that they were willing to purchase stolen property. During the course of this “sting” operation, the defendant was introduced to an undercover policeman by his…