Hardy v. State

OPINION

JACKSON, Commissioner.

The conviction by a jury on a plea of not guilty was for theft of an outboard motor of the value of over $50; the punishment, six (6) years.

No question as to the sufficiency of the evidence is raised. Appellant, Garland Wayne Copeland and Leon Deryl Pinkston were found in possession of a 33 horse power Evinrude outboard motor of the value of over $50 about 4:30 in the morning of September 23, 1971. The outboard motor proved to have been stolen from the possession of E. G. T. Bates on that night, having been taken from a barge on Lake Arlington.

Appellant and his…