Rowland v. State

OPINION ON STATE’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

TEAGUE, Judge.

Appellant, Larry Curtis Rowland, was charged and found guilty of the offense of theft of an automobile. The El Paso court of appeals found the evidence insufficient to support a conviction for theft and entered a judgment of acquittal. Rowland v. State, 704 S.W.2d 150 (Tex.App.—El Paso 1986). We granted the State’s petition for discretionary review to review that holding. We will reverse the judgment of the court of appeals and affirm the trial court’s judgment.

The record reflects that Manuel Hernandez, the complainant, owned a…