Youngblood v. State

OPINION

TEAGUE, Judge.

Richard Wayne Youngblood, appellant, after a trial to the court, was convicted of unlawfully appropriating one automobile from Joe Blankensopp. Punishment was assessed at 30 days’ confinement in the Dallas County jail. We will reverse the judgment of conviction.

Appellant asserts that as a matter of law the evidence is insufficient to sustain the allegation in the information that Blanken-sopp was the “owner” 1 of the automobile.

The facts reflect that appellant, who was then 17 years of age, agreed to sell and Blankensopp agreed to buy for $35 a wrecked 1968 Ford…