The police suspect that Jack is involved in receiving stolen property and reselling it. An undercover police officer takes some recovered stolen property to Jack for him to resell. The officer then arrested Jack
Did Jack commit the crime of receiving stolen property? Explain.
Jack did not. To be guilty of receiving stolen property, the property must be stolen at the time Jack received it. Because the police had previously recovered the property it was no longer stolen property.
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