King v. State

OPINION

DUNN, Justice.

This is an appeal from a conviction for theft. The jury assessed punishment at 3 years confinement and a $2500 fine.

The State’s evidence was circumstantial, and appellant’s sole ground of error challenges its sufficiency.

The complainant, Tom Folmer, testified that he went to a fundraiser for the South Houston Chamber of Commerce at the Hobby Airport Hilton Hotel on the evening of May 11, 1984. He left the fundraiser between 10:00 and 11:00 p.m. and went across the hall to the hotel nightclub, where he was a regular customer. He was also accustomed to wearing expensive…