Ellard v. State

OPINION

CHADICK, Commissioner.

Appellant, Prentice Noel Ellard, was indicted and tried for the offense of felony theft. In a jury trial on plea of not guilty, appellant was found guilty and assessed punishment at seven years’ imprisonment.

Circumstantial evidence was relied upon for conviction in the trial court. Appellant grounds error on insufficiency of the evidence to support a conviction. Appellant did not testify. The argument in appellant’s brief narrows the issue in this appeal to the probative effect of unexplained possession of recently stolen property. The argument is that appellant’s…