Trammell v. State, 47087
Decision Date | 24 July 1974 |
Docket Number | No. 47087,47087 |
Citation | 511 S.W.2d 951 |
Parties | Phillip TRAMMELL, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee. |
Court | Texas Court of Criminal Appeals |
Charles W. Fairweather, Amarillo, for appellant.
Tom Curtis, Dist. Atty. & Kerry Knorpp, Asst. Dist. Atty., Amarillo, Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.
JACKSON, Commissioner.
Appellant was convicted for receiving and concealing stolen property, a felony; the jury assessed punishment at two (2) years.
In his first two grounds of error, appellant contends that the trial court erred in refusing to grant his motion for an instructed verdict for the reasons that:
1. There was no evidence that appellant had any criminal intent either to aid the thief or in some manner profit from the act of receiving or concealing stolen property.
2. There was no evidence that appellant received the stolen property from Tommy Trammell.
Both of appellant's contentions are without merit.
The record shows that on some uncertain date in January of 1972 Tommy Trammell, the brother of appellant, burglarized the apartment of Paula Cook. He took a coffee can containing a number of foreign and American coins, a clock-radio, and a portable television set. On January 17, 1972, sometime after the burglary, a police officer stopped appellant in his automobile and discovered the stolen radio on the rear seat. The T.V. set was recovered later when appellant told the officer that it was at the apartment of Bill Knutson and an investigation ensued.
Appellant was taken into custody and, after being warned of his constitutional rights, voluntarily made and signed a written statement quoted hereinafter in part:
At the trial, appellant took the stand in his own behalf and admitted selling the television set to Knutson. He stated that prior to the burglary he had agreed to purchase a 1955 Chevrolet from Knutson. Knutson had not had possession of the car at the time but had loaned him a 1958 Chevrolet to use until the '55 model was available. It was the loaned automobile that Tommy Trammell used and left the stolen property in. Appellant discovered the stolen items when he was cleaning out the automobile before returning it to Knutson in exchange for the car he was to purchase. He sold the television to Knutson and transferred the radio to his new car, where it remained until his arrest.
Appellant was indicted for fraudulently receiving stolen property from Tommy Trammell and fraudulently concealing the same. It is not necessary for a conviction under Article 1430, Vernon's Ann.P.C., that the defendant both receive and conceal. Cuilla v. State, 80 Tex.Crim. 41, 187 S.W. 210; McBride v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 490 S.W.2d 560. He is guilty of he offense if, fter learning that the property had been stolen, he conceals it, though his receipt may have been innocent. McBride v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 490 S.W.2d 560; Brown v. State, 152 Tex.Cr.R. 39, 211 S.W.2d 234; Rutherford v. State, 85 Tex.Crim. 7, 209 S.W. 745. The word 'conceal' as used in Article 1430, V.A.P.C. is not to be given the literal meaning of hiding, but means the handling of property in such a manner that would throw the owner off his guard in his search and investigation for the same. Beaty v. State, 172 Tex.Cr.R. 343, 356 S.W.2d 802; Cuilla v. State, 80 Tex.Crim. 41, 187 S.W....
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