Shirley v. State

OPINION

QUENTIN KEITH, Commissioner.

The jury convicted appellant of the theft of a pickup truck of the value of the more than $50 and assessed his punishment at confinement for ten years.

The State established that Mrs. Ray W. Dodgen owned a 1969 half-ton Chevrolet pickup truck which she had loaned to one Larry Joe Pair who parked the truck in his front yard in Harris County on November 23, 1970. That was the last time Pair saw the truck and it was established that the consent or permission of Mrs. Dodgen or Mr. Pair was not given for anyone to take the vehicle. Mrs. Dodgen’s truck, according…