Bruni v. State

EARL W. SMITH, Justice.

Alejandro Bruni appeals from a judgment of conviction of theft on or about May 27, 1977, of property valued at over $10,000, a second degree felony prior to the 1983 amendments to Tex.Pen.Code Ann. § 31.03 (1974). Punishment was assessed by the court, after a jury verdict of guilty, at confinement in the Department of Corrections for ten years and a fine of $10,000. The court found that restitution was due to victims in the amount of $47,173, apportioned as follows: $43,173 due John and Betty Ross and $4,000 due Ann Niemann.

Bruni assigns four grounds of error: (1) that…