State v. Green

Appellant was charged with the crime of grand larceny committed by receiving property known to have been stolen. He appeals from a conviction and assigns two errors.

The prosecuting attorney confesses the first error assigned, and the appellant has in writing waived the second error assigned. If we should permit the parties, by stipulation or agreement, to determine the law, we might establish precedents which would be embarrassing. It therefore seems necessary in a case like this, notwithstanding the respondent’s confession of error, for us to determine whether, in fact, error was committed.

It…