People v. Brewer

The defendant, Guy Allen Brewer, was convicted by a jury of receiving or concealing stolen property. MCLA 750.535; MSA 28.803. The stolen property in question was a 1973 Ford Maverick automobile. Defendant appeals his conviction as a matter of right.

Defendant’s first claim of error concerns the trial court’s instruction to the jury regarding de fendant’s knowledge that the car was stolen. In charging the jury on defendant’s theory of the case, the court originally made the following statement:

"The theory of the defendant’s case is while the defendants may have been in the area and may have…