Paschal v. State

George Rose Smith, Justice.

Charged with having had possession of goods which he knew to have been stolen, the appellant was found guilty and sentenced to three years imprisonment. Ark. Stat. Ann. § 41-3938 (Repl. 1964). For reversal he contends, first, that his admission of guilt was inadmissible and, second, that it was not sufficiently corroborated.

On January 3, 1967, police officers were investigating the burglary of a liquor store in Ouachita county. Acting upon information that the stolen whiskey was being sold in Columbia county the officers obtained a search warrant and searched…