Court Opinion

ID: 9773489
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-29 17:47:35.59267+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:31:54.402100
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on appellant’s motion for rehearing
DAVIDSON, Judge.
Appellant presses upon us the correctness of his contention that the facts do not warrant his conviction and that we erred in reaching a contrary conclusion.
It is insisted that there is no evidence showing that at the time he found the purse he had any intention of appropriating its contents and that he could not be guilty of theft even though he thereafter formed the intent to appropriate and did appropriate the currency in the purse.
The fact that appellant made no effort to ascertain the owner of the purse, though it contained business cards, “driver’s” license, and membership cards showing the name of the owner, and the further fact that appellant attempted to have the purse destroyed authorized the trial court’s conclusion that appellant had the fraudulent intent to steal the property.
We remain convinced that a correct conclusion was reached originally.
Accordingly, appellant’s motion for rehearing is overruled.
Opinion approved by the court.