Longest v. State

COUNTISS, Justice.

Under an enhanced indictment, appellant was convicted by a jury of unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, Tex.Penal Code Ann. § 31.07 (Vernon 1974), and sentenced to serve 20 years in the penitentiary and pay a $5,000.00 fine. He challenges the conviction by two points of error, contending he was entitled to an instructed verdict because the evidence was not sufficient (1) to prove that he operated a vehicle, or (2) to corroborate accomplice testimony. We affirm.

Appellant and three friends spent the evening parked on a country road between Amarillo and Canyon, drinking beer.…