Falcone v. State

OPINION

COHEN, Justice.

The appellant pleaded not guilty to a three paragraph indictment alleging: 1) theft of three thousand mechanical prints of the value of over $20,000.00, in violation of Tex.Penal Code Ann. sec. 31.03 (a), (b)(1) as amended in 1981; 1 2) theft of three thousand mechanical prints by appropriating the property knowing it was stolen by another, in violation of sec. 31.03(a), (b)(2); and 3) theft of trade secrets, in violation of sec. 31.05(b)(1). The court granted the appellant’s motion for instructed verdict as to the second paragraph, theft by receiving, and the State…