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Theft case

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March 02, 2011, 18:27
WestTexasOfficer
Theft case
Hello. Theft in PC 31.03 is defined as the following:
Sec. 31.03. THEFT. (a) A person commits an offense if he unlawfully appropriates property with intent to deprive the owner of property.(b) Appropriation of property is unlawful ifFrown1) it is without the owner's effective consent;(2) the property is stolen and the actor appropriates the property knowing it was stolen by another;

I have a vehicle burglary case assigned to me where a lap top was stolen. A few days later it turned up in a pawn shop. I believe the person that pawned it knew that it was stolen. I cannot find him to interview him. Short of him admitting that he knew it was stolen, how else can I show that he had knowledge that it was stolen?
March 02, 2011, 21:08
bgreer
If it is a Windows based PC, who's name is used to login to it?
March 03, 2011, 08:36
pkdyer
Unexplained acquisition of stolen property