Court Opinion

ID: 9606208
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 02:48:07.494914+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:02:33.890564
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McMurray, Presiding Judge,
dissenting.
I respectfully dissent with regard to Division 1 of the majority opinion. The evidence adduced at trial shows only that defendant was caught driving a motor vehicle nearly two months after it was stolen, that the identity of the vehicle was concealed by a license plate which was not issued for the vehicle, and that defendant gave fictitious information about the source of the vehicle. Although this evidence may have established the offense of theft by receiving stolen property, it was not sufficient to support a conviction for theft by taking beyond a reasonable doubt. Bankston v. State, 251 Ga. 730 (309 SE2d 369).
I am authorized to state Judge Carley and Judge Sognier join in this dissent.