HANCOCK v. DECKER

No. 24156.

379 F.2d 552 (1967)

Robert F. HANCOCK, Appellant, v. Sheriff Bill DECKER, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

June 20, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank R. Jewell, Dallas, Tex., for appellant.

William F. Alexander, Malcolm Dade, Asst. Dist. Attys., Dallas, Tex., for appellee.

Before RIVES, WISDOM, and GOLDBERG, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

In this appeal from the denial of a petition for habeas corpus, Robert F. Hancock, the prisoner, contends that he was unlawfully convicted of a felony theft in that the corporeal personal property he was accused of taking did not have a value in excess of $50, as required by Texas law. We affirm.

Hancock, an employee of Texas Instruments Automatic Computer Corporation, photocopied fifty-nine computer programs belonging to his employer. He attempted...

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