WILLIAMS v. STATE

6 Div. 301.

226 So.2d 679 (1969)

Leslie Edward WILLIAMS v. STATE.

Court of Appeals of Alabama.

September 9, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur Parker, Birmingham, for appellant.

MacDonald Gallion, Atty. Gen., and John A. Lockett, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.


CATES, Judge.

Conviction of grand larceny: sentence five years.

Exception was taken to the trial court's oral charge wherein the jury was instructed:

"Now, gentlemen, it is the law of this State that the recent possession of stolen property, that is, possession of stolen property shortly after it was stolen, imposes on the possessor the onus, or burden, of making an explanation of such possession; and, if...

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