Weatherford v. State

ARNOT, Justice.

The jury convicted appellant of theft of oil field property, a trailer, with a value of $750 or more but less than $20,000, a third degree felony. 1 The court, after finding the enhancement paragraphs to be true, assessed punishment at 40 years confinement. Appellant raises five points of error, but the unique issue before us is whether the authority to conduct an administrative search pursuant to TEXAS NAT. RES.CODE ANN. § 88.001 et seq. (Vernon 1978 & Supp.1991) can be an adequate substitute for a search warrant. We hold that it cannot but find that the evidence is sufficient…