Tate v. State

OPINION

BUSSEY, Judge:

Lonnie Tate was convicted by a jury in Haskell County District Court of Larceny of Domestic Animals. The jury recommended a three year suspended sentence, which the trial court imposed.

The information charged appellant with stealing two steers, one red motley faced and one black. The evidence presented at trial was that the two steers belonged to Gregor Weems and Johnny Rosso, whose pasture land was located nearby appellant’s pastures. Linda Weems, Gregor’s wife, discovered eleven head of cattle missing from their pasture in August of 1982. During the next couple of days…