Anderson v. State

OPINION

DOUGLAS, Judge.

The conviction is for the theft of property over the value of $50.00; the punishment, enhanced by one prior conviction under Article 62, Vernon’s Ann.P.C., ten years.

Lester Ray Champion, the complainant, parked his car and went into a bar where he stayed for an hour. When he started to leave, his automobile was gone.

In the meantime, Pete Reyes had seen an automobile (later identified as complainant’s) being stripped by three men near his home and notified the police. Officer Roemmich of the Fort Worth Police Department went to the scene, followed an automobile that he…