Lopez v. State

OPINION

COHEN, Justice.

Appellant was convicted in a non jury trial of theft by receiving. The court assessed punishment of four years probation.

In his first and third points of error, appellant contends there is insufficient evidence to prove he knew the property he received was stolen by another.

A person commits theft if he unlawfully appropriates property with intent to deprive the owner of property. Tex.Penal Code Ann. § 31.03(a) (Vernon 1989). Appropriation is unlawful if the property is stolen and the actor appropriates the property knowing it was stolen by another. Tex.Penal Code Ann. §…