DENNIS, Justice.
Defendant, Russell Ennis, was convicted by a judge of receiving stolen things, La. R.S. 14:69, and sentenced to two years at hard labor. We reverse his conviction and sentence because the evidence does not warrant a finding beyond a reasonable doubt that he knew or had good reason to believe the thing, a 1976 Camaro automobile, was stolen when he received it.
La.R.S. 14:69 provides, in pertinent part:
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