STATE v. MAINES

No. 8023SC195.

268 S.E.2d 268 (1980)

48 N.C. App. 166

STATE of North Carolina v. Jerry MAINES. STATE of North Carolina v. Steve DUNN.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

August 5, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Rufus L. Edmisten by Sp. Deputy Atty. Gen. T. Buie Costen, Raleigh, for the State.

Vannoy & Reeves by Wade E. Vannoy, Jr., West Jefferson, for defendant Maines.

Johnston, Johnston & Worth by Allen Worth, Jefferson, for defendant Dunn.


ROBERT M. MARTIN, Judge.

Defendants argue the court erred in denying their motions to dismiss at the close of the evidence.

The State relied on the doctrine of possession of recently stolen property. Possession of stolen property shortly after the time of the theft raises an inference of the possessor's guilt of the larceny as well as of the breaking and entering necessary to gain access to the property, which is then submitted to the jury along with other...

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