of theft and that it would be kept in the Sheriffs Office property room. Sergeant Hall testified in his deposition that he turned the sprayer over to Mr. Baldwin for purposes of holding the property only after he realized how large the sprayer was and determined it would not fit in the property room. Sergeant Hall also gave Mr. Baldwin a Receipt of Property form in which Mr. Baldwin acknowledged that he was obligated to turn the sprayer over to the Sheriffs Office for evidentiary purposes. Mr. Baldwin also signed an Evidence Receipt form, which noted the transfer of the chain of possession from Sergeant Hall to Mr. Baldwin. In these circumstances, Sergeant Hall’s initial seizure was for the proper law enforcement purpose of investigating a reported crime. Cf. Landers, 132 S.W.3d at 752 (<HOLDING>)- Having determined that the Sheriffs
recognizing that exempt property ceases to be property of the estate holding that plaintiffs may have a property interest in real property holding that placing of markers on property does not constitute actual possession holding that a conviction for receiving stolen property based on possession must be vacated because it involved the same act constituting theft based on retaining property recognizing that placing a hold on pawnshop property that matches stolen property can be a valuable law enforcement tool