Turner v. State

A jury found defendant (appellant) guilty under an indictment which charged in pertinent part that he

". . . did receive, retain, or dispose of stolen property, to-wit: one Browning .12 gauge automatic shotgun, a better description of which is unknown to the Grand Jury, of the value of $550.00, the property of J. Doyle Fuller, knowing that it was stolen or having reasonable grounds to believe it had been stolen and not having intent to restore it to its owner, in violation of Section 13A-8-18 of the Code of Alabama."

Code of Alabama 1975, § 13A-8-18, provides that "Receiving stolen property . .…