Kirkland v. State

OPINION

DOUGLAS, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for the offense of misdemeanor theft. The indictment was for felony theft of property over the value of $50.00. The jury assessed the punishment at one year’s confinement in the county jail and a fine of $250.00.

While on routine patrol the night of February 11, 1969, near Vernon, Patrolman Pat King of the Department of Public Safety observed an automobile with its lights off come out of a private driveway at Blake’s Salvage Yard. The automobile traveled approximately one hundred yards before its lights were turned on. Patrolman King,…