Moore v. State

Birdsong, Judge.

Appellant Mary Jo Moore was indicted, tried and convicted of theft by receiving stolen property with a value of more than $500, and appeals from her sentence and denial of her motion for new trial.

The evidence showed that on November 9, 1982, Moore purchased for $50 from one Lamar Waddell, a video cassette recorder, thirty video cassette tapes and a television Home Box Office unit, which had been taken from the home of Alford Reed in a burglary. Reed testified that he had purchased the VCR nine months earlier for $499, along with one tape for $14.99. He had bought the…