387 So. 2d 310 - Poke v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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4 state decisions

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1. “"This evidence was sufficient to show that the items were stolen for the purposes of admitting them into evidence even though this same evidence may not have been sufficient to prove the theft of these items beyond a reasonable doubt. Here we have more than simply the mere unexplained possession of property which, of itself, is insufficient to raise the presumption that the property was stolen." Id. Compare Weatherspoon v. State , supra [ 36 Ala. App. 392 , 56 So.2d 793 (1952)] (wherein the court noted a " complete lack of evidence tending to show that the cigarette lighters had been stolen").”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 538 So. 2d 1250 - Williams v. State

2. “[A]lthough wholly circumstantial, [this testimony was] sufficient to show [the] stolen character”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 538 So. 2d 1250 - Williams v. State

3. “must be established by evidence which is legal and competent”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 538 So. 2d 1216 - Watson v. State