Case Name: R. V. BROWN v. STATE
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1927-03-16
Citations: 292 S.W. 1117
Docket Number: No. 10790
Parties: R. V. BROWN v. STATE.
Judges: Robert Cole, Judge.
Reporter: South Western Reporter
Volume: 292
Pages: 1117–1117

Head Matter:
R. V. BROWN v. STATE.
(No. 10790.)
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
March 16, 1927.
Robert Cole, Judge.
M. C. Culbertson and Storey & Leak, all of Vernon, for appellant.
Sam D. Stinson, State’s Atty., of Austin, and Robt. M. Lyles, Asst. State’s Atty., of Groesbeck, for the State.

Opinion:
BAKER, J.
The appellant was convicted of theft of property over the value of $50, and his punishment assessed at two years in the penitentiary. The record discloses that the appellant was jointly indicted with W. L. Roberts, Harvey Russell, and Wallace Cassidy for the theft of various articles of merchandise, of the aggregate value of $70, alleged to have been the personal property of and in the possession of E. M. Levy, who operated the "Clarence Saunders store" in the town of Vernon at said time. This is a companion case to that of Roberts v. State (No. 10707) 290 S. W. 1102, decided by this court on January 26, 1927. The appellant strenuously insists that the evidence is insufficient to sustain the verdict of guilty of felony theft, in that the articles of merchandise identified by the state's witnesses amounted to much less than $50. This court, speaking through Judge Hawkins in the Roberts Case, supra, sustained the appellant's contention in that case under the same facts presented here. The law announced by this court in the Roberts Case, supra, is peculiarly applicable to the instant case. For the reasons above stated, we are of the opinion that the judgment of the trial court should be reversed and remanded, and it is accordingly so ordered.
PER CURIAM.
The foregoing opinion of the Commission of Appeals has been examined by the judges of the Court of Criminal Appeals and approved by the court.