California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Jeremiah K. (In re Jeremiah K.), F074650 (Cal. App. 2018):
"While the evidence of the possession of stolen goods, and we may add, of burglarious tools, shortly after the commission of [a burglary] offense may not, standing alone, be sufficient to sustain a verdict, it requires only slight additional testimony." (People v. Parkinson (1934) 138 Cal.App. 599, 609 (Parkinson).) This is "especially true where the defendant has failed to account for the possession upon a theory inconsistent with his guilt of the offense charged." (People v. Godlewski (1943) 22 Cal.2d 677, 685, citing with approval Parkinson, supra, 138 Cal.App. at p. 609.)
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