Burgess v. State

MEMORANDUM OPINION

NIX, Judge:

Plaintiff in error, Ralph Burgess, hereinafter referred to as defendant, was con*608victed by jury verdict of Grand Larceny, After Former Conviction of a Felony, in the District Court of Cleveland County, Case No. CRF-69-17S, with punishment fixed at eight years imprisonment. Judgment and sentence was imposed on October 6, 1969, and this appeal perfected therefrom.

The evidence establishes that on July 28, 1969, Troy Denton and Haskell Roy Settle were working at an oil drilling rig located in the northeast part of Cleveland County when the defendant, in the company of…