State v. Everett

PRITCHARD, Commissioner.

Appellant was convicted by the verdict of a jury of stealing property over the value of $50.00. The jury assessed punishment at imprisonment in the Department of Corrections for eight years, but in sentencing appellant the trial court reduced the term to five years imprisonment, with credit being given for time previously spent in jail.

Appellant here attacks the sufficiency of the evidence (and its admissibility) to sustain his conviction in three principal aspects: There was no showing of criminal intent in that appellant did not participate in the theft other than…