Morelock v. State

Defendant appeals from conviction of receiving stolen property and sentence to imprisonment in the penitentiary for three years.

The defendant did not testify and offered no evidence in defense.

The single question presented on the appeal is whether evidence introduced hy the State is sufficient to support the conviction. On the night of February 20, 1948, a Buick automobile ran off Highway 81 and was wrecked when it struck a light pole. The defendant and another unidentified man were in the car when pedestrians arrived at the wreck. From the fact that both passengers had been thrown from their…