Williams v. State

OPINION

DALLY, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for the offense of felony theft; the punishment is imprisonment for 7 years.

The appellant was convicted under the former penal code for the offense of theft by false pretext. The prosecution is concerned with an alleged fraudulent conveyance of real property; the land was sold on a contract of sale, but the appellant was unable to furnish good title to the property after he had received full payment.

The judgment will be reversed. The judgment is not supported by any evidence since the jury was erroneously instructed that it could find…