State v. Ridinger

TITUS, Presiding Judge.

Defendant was jury-convicted of the felony (§ 560.161(2) RSMo 1969) of receiving a stolen Sparkomatic citizens band radio (C.B.) of the value of at least $50. § 560.-270 RSMo 1969. Pursuant to the verdict, defendant was committed to the Department of Corrections for a term of five years. Defendant appealed.

Section 560.270 provides: “Every person who shall buy, or in any way receive, with intent to defraud, any property that shall have been stolen from another, knowing the same to have been stolen, shall, upon conviction, be punished in the same manner and to the same…