TATE, Justice.
The defendant was convicted of theft, La.R.S. 14:67, of an automobile valued at $5,000, and sentenced to ten years imprisonment at hard labor.
Upon his appeal, the defendant principally contends that the trial court improperly instructed the jury of the statutory presumption, La.R.S. 15:432 (which "nonetheless may be destroyed by rebutting evidence"), that a "person in the unexplained possession of property recently stolen is presumed to be...
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