RUMMEL v. STATE

No. 48046.

509 S.W.2d 630 (1974)

William J. RUMMEL, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

May 22, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold L. Warford, San Antonio, for appellant.

Ted Butler, Dist. Atty. and Antonio Cantu, Fred Rodriquez and Douglas C. Young, Asst. Dist. Attys., San Antonio, Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


OPINION

CHARLES L. REYNOLDS, Commissioner.

The conviction is for the offense of theft by false pretext. The punishment, enhanced by the jury's finding that appellant had two prior non-capital felony convictions, was assessed by the court at life imprisonment.

When the State closed its evidence on the issue of guilt, appellant moved for, and was denied, an instructed verdict, and this denial is the subject of the second ground of error. Since appellant...

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