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Manning v. State

Citations

  • 129 Miss. 179
  • 91 So. 902

Syllabus

<p>Receiving Stolest Goods. A conviction for receiving stolen goods, based on evidence showing defendant guilty of larceny, cannot be sustained.</p> <p>Where defendant was convicted of receiving stolen goods on evidence showing that he was guilty of larceny, the conviction cannot he sustained.</p>

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  • stating, \the fact that one has stolen the property at issue is generally adequate to require a directed verdict of acquittal should that person be charged with receipt of stolen property\

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Judges: Anderson

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