Sullivan v. State

OPINION ON APPELLANT’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

McCORMICK, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of two counts of theft over $200.00. Punishment was assessed at four years’ on each count, probated. The Texarkana Court of Appeals affirmed appellant’s conviction in an unpublished opinion. Sullivan v. State, No. 6-83-091-CR, delivered April 10, 1984 (Tex.App.—Texarkana 1984). In its opinion the court relied on the rule that an owner of personal property may testify to the property’s market value even though he does not qualify as an expert. We granted appellant’s petition for discretionary…