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BROWN v. STATE

No. 139, September Term, 1969.

8 Md. App. 224 (1969)

259 A.2d 85

LARRY KENNETH BROWN v. STATE OF MARYLAND.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Decided November 25, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph E. Emerson for appellant.

T. Joseph Touhey, Assistant Attorney General, with whom were Francis B. Burch, Attorney General, Julian B. Stevens, State's Attorney for Anne Arundel County, and Vincent A. Mulieri, Assistant State's Attorney for Anne Arundel County, on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before MURPHY, C.J., and ANDERSON, MORTON, ORTH, and THOMPSON, JJ.

ORTH, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

It has been long established in Maryland that, absent a satisfactory non-culpable explanation, exclusive possession of recently stolen goods permits an inference of fact that the possession is a guilty possession. Anglin v. State, 244 Md. 652, 656.1 The term "recent" when used in connection with recently stolen goods is a relative term and its meaning...

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