State v. Scione

Memorandum Opinion

The defendants were charged with receiving stolen property under RSA 637:7, tried by jury, and convicted. Defendants excepted to the denial of their motion for a directed verdict and their exceptions were transferred by Mullavey, J.

*923The defendants were arrested after the suspicions of a State Trooper were aroused upon observing a car traveling on a highway with a motorcycle protruding from its trunk. After stopping the car, the trooper determined that the motorcycle had been stolen that night.

RSA 637:7 includes as a crime the retention of stolen property. The record reveals…