BURKS v. STATE

No. 28642.

297 S.W.2d 832 (1956)

Olinthas BURKS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

December 12, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. C. Divine, Houston, for appellant.

Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


WOODLEY, Judge.

The offense is theft of property of the value of $50 or over; the punishment, three years in the penitentiary.

This is a companion case with that of Wilson v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 297 S.W. 830, and the same questions are raised which were there decided against appellant's contention.

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