COMMONWEALTH v. OWENS


441 Pa. 318 (1970)

Commonwealth v. Owens, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

November 12, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael A. Donadee, for appellant.

Carol Mary Los, Assistant District Attorney, with her Robert L. Campbell, Assistant District Attorney, and Robert W. Duggan, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

Before BELL, C.J., JONES, COHEN, EAGEN, O'BRIEN, ROBERTS and POMEROY, JJ.


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE ROBERTS, November 12, 1970:

It has been the law in the criminal courts of Pennsylvania that a defendant's unexplained possession of recently stolen goods is sufficient proof of his guilt of the crime of receiving stolen goods. Although the statute defining that crime provides as an express element that the defendant knew or had reason to know that the goods in question had been stolen,1 it has been reasoned that...

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