Rodriguez v. State

OPINION

DALLY, Commissioner.

This is an appeal from a conviction for the offense of theft under the former Penal Code. The punishment, enhanced by a pri- or conviction, is imprisonment for 12 years.

The appellant urges that the evidence is insufficient to support his conviction. We agree; the judgment must be reversed.

A burglarious entry was made at the house of Larry Speegla while he was at work on December 31, 1973. Speegla reported stolen a wrist watch, a ring, two shirts, several pairs of slacks, a pair of shoes, and an AM-FM clock radio. Several days later he found missing from his house a…