People v. Tumbarello

LEE, Justice.

Defendant, John Vincent Tumbarello, was charged by information with theft by receiving, under section 18-4-410(6), C.R.S. 1973 (1978 Repl.Vol. 8) and conspiracy to commit theft by receiving, under section 18-2-201, C.R.S.1973 (1978 Repl.Vol. 8). After a trial to the court, the defendant was convicted of theft by receiving, under section 18-4r410(4), C.R.S.1973 (1978 Repl. Vol. 8), as a lesser included offense. 1 We affirm the conviction.

The charges arose out of a series of transactions between an undercover Denver police officer and the defendant. Upon hearing rumors that the…