State v. Greenlee, 227 N.C. App. 133 (May. 7, 2013)

In an obtaining property by false pretenses case based on the defendant having falsely represented to a pawn shop that items sold to the shop were not stolen, there was sufficient evidence that the items were stolen. As to the first count, the serial number of the item sold as shown on the shop’s records matched the serial number reported by the theft victim; any variance between the model number reported by the victim and the model number reported on the shop’s records was immaterial. With respect to the second count, the model number of a recorder sold as shown on the shop’s records matched the model number of the item reported stolen by the victim, the item was uncommon and the victim identified it; any difference in the reported serial numbers was immaterial. As to a watch that was stolen with the recorder and described by the victim as a “Seiko dive watch with steel band,” the fact that the defendant sold the watch along with the recorder was sufficient to establish that it was stolen.