State v. Dittman

BILLINGS, Chief Judge.

Defendant was found guilty by a jury of receiving a stolen hydraulic jack, in violation of § 560.270 RSMo 1969, and sentenced to five years imprisonment. He appeals, contending the trial court erred in overruling his motion for acquittal because the evidence did not show he received the jack or that he knew it was stolen.

In determining the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain a conviction on a motion for a judgment of acquittal, the facts in evidence and the favorable inferences reasonably to be drawn therefrom must be considered in the light most favorable to the…