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GAINES v. STATE

No. 46797.

501 S.W.2d 315 (1973)

Eddie Clarence GAINES, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

November 21, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bob Hillin, Dallas, for appellant.

Henry Wade, Dist. Atty., and W. T. Westmoreland, Jr., Asst. Dist. Atty., Dallas, Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., Buddy Stevens, Asst. State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

OPINION

ODOM, Judge.

The offense is felony theft; the punishment enhanced under Article 63, Vernon's Ann.P.C., life.

First, appellant attacks the sufficiency of the evidence, alleging that there is no evidence that he took the automobile in question or removed it from the injured party's parking lot.

James Pruitt testified that on May 27, 1971, he was the owner of the Ken Pruitt Buick Company in Garland; that he kept new cars stored in a...

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