§ 54-188. Illegal possession of stolen things.

(a)

Illegal possession of stolen things is the intentional possessing, procuring, receiving, or concealing of anything of value which has been the subject of any robbery or theft, under circumstances which indicate that the offender knew or had good reason to believe that the thing was the subject of one of these offenses.

(b)

When the value of the stolen things is less than $100.00, the offender shall be imprisoned for not more than six months, or may be fined not more than $500.00, or both.

(c)

When the offender has committed the crime of illegal possession of stolen things by a number of distinct acts, the aggregate of the amount of the things so received shall determine the grade of the offense.

(d)

It shall be an affirmative defense to a violation of this section committed by means of possessing, that the accused, within 72 hours of his acquiring knowledge or good reason to believe that a thing was the subject of robbery or theft, reports that fact or belief in writing to the district attorney in the parish of his domicile.

(Code 1956, § 42-39)

State law reference

Similar provisions, R.S. 14:69.