Connell v. State

OPINION

BUSSEY, Judge:

The appellant, Wayne Ross Connell, was tried and convicted in Carter County District Court, Case No. CRF-84-44, of Possessing and Concealing Stolen Property, (Count I), and Weapon Use in the Commission of a Crime (Count II). He received a sentence of two (2) years’ imprisonment and a $500.00 fine on Count I and a sentence of three (3) years’ imprisonment on Count II, and appeals.

On January 15, 1984, a 1980 Peterbilt semi-tractor truck was stolen from Bob Lee in Muenster, Texas, and driven into Oklahoma. Bill Noland, a Carter County under-sheriff, received information from…