CHAVEZ v. STATE

No. 1286-91.

843 S.W.2d 586 (1992)

Edward Munoz CHAVEZ, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc.

December 23, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Pink Dickens, Plainview, for appellant.

Terry McEachern, Dist. Atty., and Cheryl N. Farren, Asst. Dist. Atty., Plainview, Robert Huttash, State's Atty. and Matthew W. Paul, Asst., State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Before the Court en banc.


OPINION ON APPELLANT'S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

BENAVIDES, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of theft and his punishment assessed at confinement in jail for a period of one year and a fine of $1,000. The Amarillo Court of Appeals affirmed in an unpublished opinion, holding that unexplained possession of recently stolen property is sufficient circumstantial evidence of guilt to sustain conviction for theft under an information charging that the accused...

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