PEOPLE v. MANNING

No. 25466.

501 P.2d 1046 (1972)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. John Robert MANNING, also known as Red Manning, also known as Earnest E. Willoughby, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

October 10, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Duke W. Dunbar, Atty. Gen., John P. Moore, Deputy Atty. Gen., E. Ronald Beeks, Asst. Atty. Gen., Denver, for plaintiff-appellee.

Blewitt, Bisbee & Geil, Dennis L. Blewitt, Boulder, for defendant-appellant.


PRINGLE, Chief Justice.

Following a jury trial, defendant was convicted of receiving stolen goods under 1967 Perm.Supp., C.R.S.1963, 40-5-2(1). Defendant's primary contention for reversal is that the evidence was insufficient to show that he knew the goods he purchased were stolen, such knowledge being an essential element of the crime of which he was convicted.

The People confess error and remind us that there must be proof of some circumstances showing knowledge...

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