TURNER v. STATE

No. 35907.

371 S.W.2d 46 (1963)

Myrtle Lee TURNER, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

October 9, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

No attorney for appellant.

Frank Briscoe, Dist. Atty., Carl E. F. Dally, Asst. Dist. Atty., Houston, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


MORRISON, Judge.

The offense is shoplifting, as denounced by Article 1436e, Vernon's Ann.P.C.; the punishment, 90 days in jail.

No statement of facts accompanies the record.

The sole question presented is the alleged failure of the court to instruct the jury that the State had "the burden of proof as to the defendant's intent to commit the crime of theft." Elsewhere in the charge, the court properly instructed the jury that the burden of proof was...

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