Patrick v. State

MORRISON, Presiding Judge.

The appellants were jointly convicted for felony theft, and their punishments assessed at two years.

The state’s evidence shows that the appellants came from Houston to Nacogdoches and entered a retail store under the management of Mr. McKay. The appellant Braggs paid for a magazine and, while the cash register was open, requested an article which was stored near the floor and behind the cash register. As McKay selected the article and prepared to hand it to Braggs, she told him that he had made the wrong selection and that the article she really wanted was still…