Cooper v. State

CLARK, Retired Circuit Judge.

Appellant was convicted and sentenced to imprisonment for five years under an indictment charging him with buying, receiving, concealing or aiding in concealing “one (1) 1977 Chevrolet automobile engine” of the “value of, to-wit: $500.00, the personal property of Parker Holloway knowing that the same had been stolen or having reasonable grounds for believing that the same had been stolen, and not having the intent to restore it to the owner.” The crime charged pertained to conduct prior to 1980, before the effective date of the now effective Criminal Code of 1977,…