CONSTANT v. STATE

No. 24749.

229 S.W.2d 791 (1950)

CONSTANT v. STATE.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied May 31, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Levi Pressly, Fort Worth, Coleman Cline, Fort Worth, for appellant.

Stewart W. Hellman, Cr. Dist. Atty., Fort Worth, W. H. Tolbert, Asst. Cr. Dist. Atty., Fort Worth, James E. Whitmore, Asst. Cr. Dist. Atty., Fort Worth, George P. Blackburn, State's Atty., of Austin, for the State.


GRAVES, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of the offense of theft of property over the value of fifty dollars and given a term of two years in the state penitentiary, and he appeals.

There are but two propositions presented herein: namely, the insufficiency of the evidence, and the claimed illegal arrest and search of the appellant's automobile.

The facts show that on the morning of May 28, 1949, Officer Chaffin, a city detective of Fort Worth, was working...

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