Salas v. State

OPINION

ODOM, Judge.

Appellant was convicted for the offense of breaking and entering a coin-operated machine with intent to commit theft. 1 Punishment was assessed by a jury at five years.

The sufficiency of the evidence is challenged.

On April 26, 1970, at approximately 4:30 A.M., Investigator R. A. Jeffreys and Patrolman Robert Tellez, of the McAllen Police Department, observed appellant standing two or three feet in front of a coin-operated machine, beneath the canopy of a Conoco Service Station located in that city. He had a tire tool in his hand. The service station was not open for…