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STATE v. HAMLET

No. 8425SC571.

330 S.E.2d 498 (1985)

STATE of North Carolina v. John Dean HAMLET.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

June 18, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Rufus L. Edmisten by Asst. Atty. Gen. Archie W. Anders, Raleigh, for the State.

Appellate Defender Adam Stein by Asst. Appellate Defender Malcolm Ray Hunter, Jr., Raleigh, for defendant.

WELLS, Judge.

Defendant makes a single argument on this appeal: that the breaking or entering and larceny convictions must be reversed because the state relied entirely on the doctrine of recent possession to support these convictions, and there was no direct evidence of recent possession.

The doctrine of recent possession:

[I]s simply a rule of law that, upon an indictment for larceny, possession of recently stolen property raises a presumption of...

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