Holt v. State

In the distribution of cases after submission this case went to the desk of Judge Davidson, one of the Commissioners to the Court of Criminal Appeals. He reached the conclusion that the evidence was not sufficient to support the conviction of appellant as a principal, and prepared the following opinion. My brethren have reached a different conclusion from that arrived at by Judge Davidson. His opinion is as follows:

“The conviction was for felony theft, with punishment assessed at life in the penitentiary as an habitual criminal. (Art. 63, P. C.)

“This case presents another version of that old…