Jones v. State

OPINION

ELLIS, Justice.

Appellant, Chester Josh Jones, appeals his judgment of conviction for the offense of felony theft. Texas Penal Code Ann. § 31.03 (Vernon 1989). Appellant waived trial by jury and the Court rejected appellant’s not guilty plea and, after finding the two enhancement paragraphs of the indictment to be true, assessed punishment at life confinement in the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, We affirm.

Viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict the evidence showed the following. On August 23, 1989, Harvey Oudekerk worked as an electrical…