State v. Lane

This is an appeal from a judgment of conviction of the crime of receiving stolen property entered on a jury verdict in the district court of the fourth judicial district, county of Missoula. Defendant had a prior felony and was sentenced to a term of five years. He had been charged with burglary in the first degree or alternatively, receiving stolen property.

The home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hurt, in Missoula, was burglarized on October 22, 1971. Access had been gained through a window in a bedroom during the Hurts’ absence. Stolen were a Gibson Super 400 guitar, an amplifier, a Pioneer…