Hornbrook v. State

McCORD, Judge.

This is an appeal from appellant’s conviction of receiving stolen property and his sentence thereon. Among other points urged by appellant for reversal was his contention that the state did not prove that the subject matter of the case, the stolen air conditioning system, was the system found in appellant’s possession. This point has merit and requires reversal. The only evidence presented as to such identification was a hearsay statement of a conclusion by a deputy sheriff to the effect that through their investigation they had identified the units found in appellant’s truck as…