Castillo v. State

OPINION

DOUGLAS, Judge.

This appeal is from a conviction for felony theft. Two prior convictions were alleged for enhancement under Article 63, Vernon’s Ann.P.C. The punishment was assessed by the jury at life.

The record reflects that on or about November 5, 1969, six or eight brass pump bowls valued at approximately eighty to one hundred dollars each were stolen from the premises of Baker Pump Company, Inc., in Pecos. Two of these bowls were purchased from the appellant by Raymond Cowan, a junk dealer, on November 6, 1969.

The appellant complains in his first ground of error that the trial…