Broadnax v. State

CORNELIUS, Chief Justice.

Appellant was convicted in a jury trial of the offense of theft from the person and was sentenced to two and one-half years in the Texas Department of Corrections. It will not be necessary to discuss the evidence as its sufficiency is not challenged.

*549The jury was charged that it must find that the accused took a purse from its owner, Ms. Pamela Miller, “without the effective consent” of Ms. Miller. Effective consent was defined as “assent in fact, whether express or apparent, and includes consent by a person legally authorized to act for the owner.” No objection was…