City of Maumee v. Geiger

The question presented is whether a person may properly be tried and convicted for receiving *240stolen property after he admits the actual, theft of that same property. ■ '

Section 134.17 of the Maumee Municipal Code and R. C. 2913.51 use the same language to identify the crime of receiving stolen property: “No person shall receive, retain, or dispose of property of another, knowing or having reasonable cause to believe it has been obtained through commission of a theft offense. * * *”

Appellants admit their roles as thieves in this cause, and rely upon the following cases for their proposition…