In what circumstances will a defendant be found guilty of receiving stolen property after abandoning his car near the scene of a robbery?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Young, 120 Cal.App.3d 683, 175 Cal.Rptr. 1 (Cal. App. 1981):

[120 Cal.App.3d 694] Knowledge on behalf of all three that the car was stolen is also adequately established by the record. "Possession of recently stolen property is so incriminating that to warrant conviction there need only be, in addition to possession, slight corroboration in the form of statements or conduct of the defendant tending to show his guilt." (People v. Banks (1976) 62 Cal.App.3d 38, 42, 132 Cal.Rptr. 751.) Here the defendants abandoned the car near the scene of the robbery at a time in close proximity thereto which leads inferentially to the conclusion the defendants knew the car was stolen. We find there is substantial evidence to support the receiving stolen property conviction.

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