State v. Holcomb’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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1. “We, likewise, find no merit in Holcomb's argument in the instant case that he did not deal in stolen property because when he pawned the stolen goods, he simply obtained a loan or entered into a conditional sales agreement that allowed him to repay the money received from the pawn and redeem the goods. We hold that such a transaction is a `transfer' as that term is used in the statutory definition of trafficking in property.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Allwine v. State

2. “[o]ne who attempts to sell or sells stolen goods to a pawnbroker is not using the stolen items for his own personal use but has met the statutory requirements for dealing in stolen property.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Allwine v. State