THOMPSON v. STATE

No. 37759.

386 S.W.2d 814 (1965)

James Daniel THOMPSON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

February 17, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alfred J. Jackson, Jr., Fort Worth, for appellant.

Doug Crouch, Dist. Atty., Grady Hight and R. J. Adcock, Asst. Dist. Attys., Fort Worth, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


BELCHER, Commissioner.

The conviction is for felony theft with two prior convictions for felonies less than capital alleged for enhancement; the punishment, life.

Zelvin Ethley testified that he parked his 1955 Oldsmobile on a street in Fort Worth. Soon thereafter, Ethley returned to the place where he had parked the Oldsmobile, discovered that it was missing, and then notified the police, giving them the description and license number. He testified that he...

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