State v. Simms

DIXON, Justice.

Defendant was charged with having violated Louisiana Criminal Code article 69 by receiving stolen things. Defendant was convicted on the uncorroborated testimony of the confessed thief, Henry Brown, who testified that he had burglarized a store near Clinton, Louisiana, and that he later sold to defendant in Baton Rouge certain cigarettes taken in the burglary. The confessed burglar testified that he did not tell defendant where he got the cigarettes, and that defendant did not ask. The cigarettes were sold at a bargain price from a private automobile on a street corner in Baton…