Garcia v. State

OPINION

CHADICK, Commissioner.

A jury found appellant guilty of felony theft. The trial court, without intervention of a jury, assessed punishment at confinement in the State Department of Corrections for a period of two years and granted appellant’s motion for probation.

Three to four years prior to the date of the offense charged against appellant, Mrs. Elizabeth Christopherson owned and resided in the Massey apartments in Harlingen, Cameron County. Mrs. Christopherson was of advanced age, in her early eighties. To relieve herself of responsibilities she arranged for her nephew, J. D.…