Nichols v. State

OPINION

DAVIS, Commissioner.

This is an appeal from a conviction of felony theft; the punishment, enhanced under the provisions of Article 63, Vernon’s Ann.P.C., life.

The record reflects a purse was grabbed from Nancy Plasencio, while she was at a service station, in Dallas, on the morning of August 17, 1968; that the man who took the purse fled on foot with Mrs. Pla-sencio in pursuit; that lipstick, nail polish, and mascara belonging to the victim were dropped from the purse during flight and same were recovered and identified by her; that police officers joined in pursuit, chas*206ing the fleeing…