Billings v. State

OPINION

CORNISH, Judge:

Appellant, Marvin Dale Billings, was convicted of Concealing and Withholding Stolen Property, After Conviction of a Felony, in the District Court of Comanche County. His punishment was set by the jury at seven (7) years’ imprisonment.

Billings raises two assertions of error on appeal. He, first, alleges that the trial court erred in not sustaining his demurrer to the evidence at the close of the State’s case. Billings argues that the State failed in its burden to show that he had reasonable cause to believe that the property found in his possession was stolen. It is…