Reynolds v. State

OPINION

KEITH, Commissioner.

The jury found appellant guilty of theft of a billfold and money under V.T.C.A., Penal Code, § 31.03(d)(4)(B) (1974). It assessed his punishment at confinement for a period of ten years.

The complaining witness, George Scearce, testified that while he was at the cigar counter in the Walgreen Store in downtown Houston appellant removed his billfold from his pocket but Scearce was able to snatch it out of appellant’s hands before he could leave the store. Scearce pursued appellant and, with the help of two cadet police officers in training to become police officers in…