Roberts v. State

McDonald, judge.

The offense is sheep theft with two prior felony convictions less than capital alleged for enhancement purposes; the punishment, life imprisonment in the state penitentiary.

The State relied upon circumstantial evidence and the testimony of one Tommy M. Barnes, an accomplice witness. Appellant did not testify and urges that the evidence is not sufficient to sustain the jury’s verdict.

Bill Coffee testified that he was returning from a picnic with his family on the fourth of July when he saw a red truck in .Mr. Eddie Leibold’s pasture with a cloud of dust around it. The truck was…