Hayes v. State

464 S.W.2d 832 (1971)

James J. HAYES, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 43411.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

February 3, 1971.

Rehearing Denied March 24, 1971.

Lockhart, Lindsey & Neal, by Charles E. Neal, Amarillo, for appellant.

Tom Curtis, Dist. Atty., and Hugh Russell, Asst. Dist. Atty., Amarillo, and Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

OPINION

ROBERTS, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for theft of cattle. A jury assessed the punishment at five years confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections.

The appellant assigns seven grounds of error which…