TINSLEY v. STATE

No. 43333.

461 S.W.2d 605 (1970)

Morris TINSLEY, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied January 27, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melvyn Carson Bruder, Dallas (Court appointed on appeal), for appellant.

Henry Wade, Dist. Atty., John B. Tolle, Harry J. Schulz, Jr., W. T. Westmoreland, Jr., and Edgar A. Mason, Asst. Dist. Attys., Dallas, and Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


OPINION

ONION, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for felony theft of a lawn mower with the punishment, enhanced under the provisions of Article 63, Vernon's Ann.P.C., being assessed at life.

At the outset the appellant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the conviction.

On April 14, 1969, off duty Dallas Police Officer Barney Eatons, while shopping at a Sears Roebuck store in Dallas, had his attention called to...

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