State v. Morris

Defendant was convicted of receiving and concealing stolen property. ORS 165.045. He appeals, assigning as error the trial court’s overruling of a motion for acquittal based on the insufficiency of ' the evidence.

On February 10, 1968, the dwelling of one Harold Prisbee was burglarized. Several items were token, one of which was a Benrus watch. Defendant was arrested three days later, February 18, on an unrelated charge. He was found to have in his possession a watch which was subsequently identified by Frisbee to be that which was taken during the burglary of his home.

Thereafter the defendant…