State v. Brown

DALTON, Judge.

Defendant was charged and convicted of the offense of buying and receiving, with the intent to defraud, stolen property of the value of over $50, knowing that said property had been stolen, and he was sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment in the State Penitentiary. See Section 560.270 RSMo [Laws 1955, p. 509]; Section 560.-161 RSMo [Laws 1957, p. 374], V.A.M.S. He has appealed and here contends that the court erred in overruling his motion for judgment of acquittal at the close of the State’s case. Defendant offered no evidence in his own behalf.

The evidence most favorable to the…