WHEAT v. STATE

No. 42056.

442 S.W.2d 363 (1969)

Willie WHEAT, Jr., Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied July 9, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Emmett, Dallas, for appellant.

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


OPINION

ONION, Judge.

The offense is burglary with intent to commit theft; the punishment, enhanced under the provisions of Article 63, Vernon's Ann.P.C., life.

We shall consider appellant's grounds of error in reverse order.

It is appellant's contention that the evidence is insufficient to sustain the conviction.

Mrs. Iva Neil, a neighbor of the L. J. Todds, testified that as she was leaving her house on December 19, 1966, at approximately...

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