State v. Houston

UHLENHOPP, Justice.

This appeal involves several questions which arose in a prosecution for receiving stolen property.

On January 26, 1971, someone stole a typewriter and a calculator which were worth more than $900 from the office of Nichols-Homeshield, Inc. On February 11, 1971, a tax accountant came to the home of defendant Richard Wallace Houston to prepare income tax returns. Defendant showed the accountant a typewriter and a calculator in a back room of the house and offered to sell them for $300. The calcu-, lator required repair.

The accountant subsequently bought the two machines for…