State v. Murphy

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION.

The defendant, Samuel Murphy, appeals from a judgment in Superior Court, Aroos-took County, where a jury found him guilty of burglary (Class C), and theft by unauthorized taking (Class C), 17-A M.R.S.A. §§ 401 and 353. The defendant argues that there was insufficient evidence to support the jury’s verdict.

After carefully reviewing the record we determine: 1) that evidence of the defendant’s exclusive possession of recently stolen property was sufficient to allow the jury to draw the statutorily permitted inference that the defendant was guilty of burglary and theft by…