Whitehead v. State

Pope, Judge.

Appellant appeals the revocation of five years of his ten-year probated sentence for a previous offense. The petition for probation revocation alleged a violation of OCGA § 16-8-7 (a) (Code Ann. § 26-1806); specifically, that appellant was arrested on January 27, 1983 and charged with theft by receiving stolen property.

OCGA § 16-8-7 (a) (Code Ann. § 26-1806) provides in pertinent part: “A person commits the offense of theft by receiving stolen property when he receives, disposes of, or retains stolen property which he knows or should know was stolen....” Appellant contends that…