Commonwealth v. McFarland

Opinion by

Spaeth, J.,

The only issue meriting discussion is whether the lower court erred in its charge with respect to the elements of the crime of receiving stolen property.

The evidence at trial was conflicting. Two witnesses testified that appellant did not know that the property in question had been stolen, but there was other evidence from which it could be found that he did. Appellant’s argument is that the jury could not properly resolve this conflict because it was told in the charge (to which specific exception was made) that it could find appellant guilty “[i]f the Commonwealth has…