Receiving Stolen Goods-Not Guilty February 23, 2011
Not Guilty After Trial
Client charged with a Class A misdemeanor for “receiving stolen property” in
alleged violation of RSA 637:7
Please note-this is an example
of the result of a recent
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BASIC FACTS: The police alleged that a man drove off with a can of paving
materials that allegedly belonged to either the town or a town paving
contractor. The man was arrested, hassled
and his name was published in the newspaper after the police notified the
newspaper within minutes of his arrest.
At his arraignment, the state informed him that they were “seeking Class
A misdemeanor penalties”, meaning that the state was going to throw the man in
jail for up to a year for a can of paving material.
The law on “receiving stolen property” in
637:7 Receiving Stolen Property.
I. A person commits theft if he receives, retains, or
disposes of the property of another knowing that it has been stolen, or
believing that it has probably been stolen, with a purpose to deprive the owner
thereof.
II. The knowledge or belief required for paragraph I is presumed in
the case of a dealer who:
(a) Is found in possession or control of property
stolen from 2 or more persons on separate occasions; or
(b) Has received other stolen property within the
year preceding the receiving charged; or
(c) Being a dealer in property of the sort
received, retained or disposed, acquires it for a consideration which he knows
is far below its reasonable value, or
(d) Purchases property from a law enforcement
officer working in an undercover capacity, or an agent of such law enforcement
officer, where such property has been explicitly represented as stolen.
III. As used in this section, "receives" means acquiring
possession, control or title or lending on the security of the property; and
"dealer" means a person in the business of buying or selling goods.
This citizen contacted Attorney Mark Stevens-1-603-893-0074 to defend his
rights and to try and keep him out of jail.
Attorney Stevens represented the citizen at trial. After the citizen’s district court trial, the
man was found not guilty.
RESULT: Not guilty verdict. No criminal conviction and no jail for this
citizen.
Attorney Stevens thanks God for this successful
defense!!!
TODAY’S SCRIPTURE:
“Thou shall not steal.”
Exodus 20:15
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