PETERSON v. STATE

No. 42036.

439 S.W.2d 841 (1969)

Willie Lee PETERSON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

April 16, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kim K. Day, Dallas, by appointment on appeal only, for appellant.

Henry Wade, Dist. Atty., Scott Bradley, James A. Mills, Jr., Camille Elliott, James P. Finstrom and Malcolm Dade, Asst. Dist. Attys., Dallas, and Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


OPINION

ONION, Judge.

The offense is felony theft of an automobile; the punishment, 10 years.

After being duly admonished as to the consequences of his plea, appellant entered a plea of guilty before the jury. The evidence offered reflected that appellant was arrested while driving the stolen vehicle within 24 hours after it was taken. When he was stopped he told the officers that the car belonged to a cousin and that he had had it three weeks.<...

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