Tita v. State

OPINION

J. HARVEY HUDSON, Justice.

Appellant, Christopher Vomakoyima Tita, was charged by indictment with aggregated theft by a government contractor of over $200,000. See Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 31.03(f)(2) (Vernon Supp.2006). Appellant entered a plea of not guilty and the case proceeded to trial before a jury. After considering the evidence, the jury found appellant guilty as charged in the indictment. The jury subsequently assessed appellant’s punishment at confinement in the state penitentiary for 23 years and assessed a fine of $10,000. In two related points of error, appellant contends (1)…