Thomas v. State

ROWE, Justice.

Melvin Eugene Thomas was found guilty before a jury of burglary of a building with intent to commit theft. The jury set enhanced punishment at 75 years’ confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections. On appeal appellant brings six points of error, summarized as follows: insufficient evidence of intent to commit theft; denials of constitutional “due course” and “due process” from the utilization of the “appellate presumption” of intent to commit theft from nighttime entry; and denial of constitutional rights by the court’s instruction on parole. We overrule all points and…