THOMAS v. STATE

No. 05-87-00595-CR.

750 S.W.2d 320 (1988)

Melvin Eugene THOMAS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Dallas.

April 26, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Stephen Cooper, Dallas, for appellant.

Teresa Tolle, Dallas, for appellee.

Before WHITHAM, ROWE and THOMAS, JJ.


ROWE, Justice.

Melvin Eugene Thomas was found guilty before a jury of burglary of a building with intent to commit theft. The jury set enhanced punishment at 75 years' confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections. On appeal appellant brings six points of error, summarized as follows: insufficient evidence of intent to commit theft; denials of constitutional "due course" and "due process" from the utilization of the "appellate presumption" of intent to commit...

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