KNOWLES v. STATE

No. 49449.

341 So.2d 913 (1977)

Jack KNOWLES v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied February 16, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mitchell, Rogers, Eskridge, Voge & Clayton, Dennis W. Voge, Tupelo, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by Catherine Walker, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before PATTERSON, SUGG and WALKER, JJ.


SUGG, Justice, for the Court:

Jack Knowles was convicted in the Circuit Court of Lee County for the crime of receiving stolen property and sentenced to serve a term of five years in the State Penitentiary.

The questions on this appeal are: (1) Whether defendant, who was an accessory before the fact, but was not present at the actual caption and asportation of the stolen goods or took no part therein, but who received the goods after the theft, may be convicted...

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