MORRIS v. STATE

No. 35819.

368 S.W.2d 615 (1963)

James Ernest MORRIS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied June 29, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Addison Bradford, Jr., Fowler Roberts, Dallas, for appellant.

Henry Wade, Dist. Atty., Frank Watts, John Rogers and Emmett Colvin, Jr., Asst. Dist. Attys., Dallas, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


WOODLEY, Presiding Judge.

The offense is felony theft; the punishment, 4 years.

Trial was before a jury on a plea of not guilty. The case was submitted to the jury as one of circumstantial evidence.

The sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the conviction is questioned.

The indictment alleged the theft of an automobile of the value of over $50.00 from Patricia LaRoe in Dallas County, on or about June 25, 1962.

Patricia LaRoe testified...

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