OPINION
The appellant, Albert Lee Brooks, was convicted of Knowingly Concealing and Withholding Stolen Property, After Former Conviction of Two Felonies, in Comanche County District Court, Case No. CRF-83-3, was sentenced to twenty (20) years’ imprisonment, and he appeals.
On December 24, 1982, the home of Ga-ston Yarbor was burglarized, and’ several suitcases containing costume jewelry were taken. One suitcase had the name “Sergeant Seltzer” stamped on it.
On December 31, 1982, Andrew Jackson, appellant’s brother-in-law, contacted the Lawton Police Department and gave them more than forty (40) rings he found in the appellant’s shoulder bag. As a result, the appellant was arrested, several rings were removed from his fingers, which were later identified by Mr. Yarbor, and a suitcase with the inscription “Sergeant Seltzer” was found at appellant’s residence. Jackson subsequently testified, at trial, that the appellant told him the rings were stolen and that he notified the police the day he found out they were stolen, yet, at the preliminary hearing he said he had known they were stolen for about two weeks. Idell Reed, appellant’s mother-in-law, testified that the appellant and two of his friends brought several suitcases into his residence; that appellant told her the rings were stolen; and that she related the information to the police, although the police did not have her statement in their police report. The appellant testified that he purchased the rings from two men at a convenience store, who needed gas money; that the men told him the rings were not stolen; that he did not tell either Reed or Jackson that the rings were stolen; and that his in-laws fabricated the story to get him out of the house because he was having marital problems.
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In his, first assignment of error, appellant alleges that there was insufficient evidence to prove that he had the requisite knowledge to sustain a conviction because the testimony of Mr. Jackson and Mrs. Reed, that appellant told them the rings were stolen, is erroneously admitted hearsay and because there were inconsistencies in the testimony of all the State’s witnesses. We disagree.
Initially, we find that the appellant failed to object, at trial, to the testimony of Mr. Jackson and Mrs. Reed, and thus has waived his right to object on appeal.
Johnston v. State,
When the sufficiency of the evidence at trial is challenged on appeal, the proper test is whether, after reviewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the State, a rational trier of fact could have found the essential elements of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt.
Spuehler v. State,
II
In his remaining assignment of error, appellant complains that although the trial court did submit to the jury the first paragraph of his requested instruction No. 1, the trial judge erred by failing to give the second paragraph of the following instruction:
The Defendant herein has admitted the commission of other crimes. The Court has not admitted this testimony as tending to prove that the Defendant is guilty of the crime charged in the information. A person may not be convicted of the commission of one offense by proof that he committed another crime.
This evidence can only be considered by you as bearing on the credibility of the Defendant. That is to say that you may consider the former convictions of the Defendant as such may or may not, is [sic] your judgment, affect the weight and credit that you will give to the testimony of the Defendant.
Jury instructions are within the trial court’s discretion. As long as the instructions, considered as a whole, fairly and accurately state the applicable law, we will not interfere.
Nunley v. State,
Accordingly, the judgment and sentence appealed from is AFFIRMED.