State v. Tritz

This is an appeal by the defendant, Cy Tritz, from a judgment of the district court of Yellowstone County, the Honorable C. B. Sande, presiding. The judgment was entered upon a jury verdict finding Tritz guilty of the receipt of stolen, property, namely a snowmobile. Tritz appeals.

On the evening of October 4, 1971, the Yellowstone County-sheriff’s office received a report from an informant that Tritz; was in possession of stolen property, including two snowmobiles, and that the property was in a garage rented by Tritz. This information was passed on to other officers at a briefing the next…