State v. Langdon

LAURA DENYIR STITH, Judge.

Michael C. Langdon was convicted of the class C felony of receiving stolen property by retaining it, in violation of section 570.080,1 and was sentenced to 9 months in jail and fined $1,000.2 Mr. Langdon appeals, arguing the state failed to meet its burden of proving beyond a reasonable doubt that he retained property knowing or believing it to be stolen, an essential element of the crime of which he was convicted. Because the evidence was insufficient to permit the jury to find beyond a reasonable doubt that Mr. Langdon retained stolen property, this Court reverses.

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