The elements for receipt of stolen property are:

(1) Receiving POSSESSION & CONTROL

(2) Of STOLEN PERSONAL PROPERTY 

(3) KNOWN to have been obtained in a manner constituting a criminal offense

(4) BY ANOTHER PERSON

(5) With the INTENT TO PERMANENTLY DEPRIVE the owner of his interest in it.

Question: Who is the "owner" talked about in #5, is it the person whose property it original was before it was ever stolen, or the person who this person took it from who stole it originally?

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