Fowler v. State

Appellant, Jamel McLelland Fowler, was convicted of stealing a Kawasaki Mule all-terrain vehicle (ATV) (valued at $1,500 or more but less than $20,000) from complainant Paul Blassingame.1 The jury assessed his punishment at confinement for two years. Fowler appealed his conviction. The Sixth Court of Appeals found the evidence sufficient to support Fowler's conviction; however, it reversed the conviction, holding that the trial court committed reversible error by admitting an unauthenticated videotape exhibit into evidence.2 We disagree and hold that the trial court did not abuse its…