ADAMS v. STATE

No. 58371.

588 S.W.2d 597 (1979)

James Floyd ADAMS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, Panel No. 2.

October 24, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry E. Meyer, Houston, for appellant.

Carol S. Vance, Dist. Atty., William W. Burge and Connie B. Williams, Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, Robert Huttash, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Before ODOM, TOM G. DAVIS and CLINTON, JJ.


OPINION

ODOM, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for burglary of a building with intent to commit theft wherein punishment was assessed at fifteen years.

In his first of two grounds of error, appellant contends the trial court erred in denying his written request to charge the jury on the law of circumstantial evidence. Appellant was convicted of burglarizing a U-Totem convenience store in the early morning hours of July 26, 1975. The record...

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