Wasp v. State

Faky Wasp, the appellant, was convicted of receiving stolen property in the second degree and was sentenced as a habitual felony offender to 20 years' imprisonment. He raises three issues on this direct appeal from that conviction.

I

The appellant argues that the trial court erred by denying his motion for judgment of acquittal at the close of the State's case because the State failed to prove that the appellant knew that the property was stolen and failed to prove the value of the property.

The State's evidence showed that two television sets were stolen in a burglary which was committed in…