Cruz v. State

OPINION

DAVIS, Commissioner.

Appeal is taken from a conviction for felony theft. After the jury had returned *565a verdict of guilty, punishment was assessed by the court at two years.

At the outset appellant contends that the evidence is insufficient to support the conviction. The thrust of appellant’s argument is that the State has failed to discharge its burden in proving value to sustain a conviction for felony theft.

Officer Strickland, of the Dallas Police Department, testified that while he was on routine patrol on Ross Avenue, in Dallas, during the early morning hours of June 22, 1971, he…