Betancourt v. State

OPINION

NYE, Chief Justice.

Appellant was convicted of theft of property of the value of over $10,000.00. The trial court assessed punishment at five years’ imprisonment. The indictment upon which appellant’s conviction was based charges him with eight separate thefts from the same individual, totalling $15,-600.00. The indictment also charges that the thefts constitute one scheme and continuing course of conduct. Tex.Penal Code Ann. § 31.09 (Vernon 1974).

First, we consider appellant’s challenge of the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain his conviction. At all the times alleged in the…