STATE v. JOSEPH

No. 8219SC119.

297 S.E.2d 173 (1982)

STATE of North Carolina v. David JOSEPH. STATE of North Carolina v. David Allen WHITT.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

November 16, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Rufus L. Edmisten by Asst. Atty. Gen. George W. Boylan, Raleigh, for the State.

Oldham & Alexander by Pierre Oldham, Asheboro, for defendant-appellant Joseph.

Appellate Defender Adam Stein and Asst. Appellate Defender Nora B. Henry, Raleigh, for defendant-appellant Whitt.


VAUGHN, Judge.

Defendant Whitt brings forth two assignments of error. His first argument is that the larceny conviction impermissibly rests on an inference drawn from recent possession stacked upon an inference that he possessed the property.

The possession of recently stolen property raises a presumption of the possessor's guilt of larceny of the property. State v. Eppley, 282 N.C. 249, 192 S.E.2d 441...

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