Case Name: BLAKE v. STATE
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1936-06-10
Citations: 96 S.W.2d 1111
Docket Number: No. 18397
Parties: BLAKE v. STATE.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 96
Pages: 1111–1112

Head Matter:
BLAKE v. STATE.
No. 18397.
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
June 10, 1936.
Rehearing Denied Oct. 21, 1936.
H. R. Bishop and W. E. Myres, both of Fort Worth, for appellant.
Lloyd W. Davidson, State’s Atty., of Austin, for the State.

Opinion:
CHRISTIAN, Judge.
The offense is theft; the punishment, confinement in the penitentiary for four yea'rs.
On the 3d of November, 1934, Will Massey lost a Ford coupé from his garage in Itasca, Tex. Gabe Haby, a witness for the state, testified that about the 15th of November, 1934, appellant delivered said automobile to him in San Antonio, Tex. As appellant's agent, he sold the car to Otto Sittre for $450. The witness had bought other automobiles from appellant. He testified that he did not know the car had been stolen until the officers investigated the matter.. In short, his testimony, if believed, showed an innocent intent.
The court submitted to the jury the question as to whether Haby was an accomplice witness. Appellant excepted to the charge on the ground that the jury should have been instructed that the witness was an accomplice as a matter of law. We think the exception was properly overruled. The testimony of said witness, if believed, showed his innocent intent. ' Hence his relation to the crime became a question of fact, and it was proper to call upon the jury to determine whether or not he was an accomplice witness. Haynes v. State, 113 Tex. Cr.R. 93, 18 S.W.(2d) 1081; Billups v. State, 119 Tex.Cr.R. 57, 46 S.W.(2d) 973; Lamonoco v. State, 125 Tex.Cr.R. 231, 67 S.W.(2d) 317.
We deem the evidence sufficient to support the conviction.
The judgment is affirmed.
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.