Womack v. State

OPINION

DICE, Judge.

The conviction is for theft by false pretext; the punishment, six years.

Trial was after January 1, 1966, upon an indictment, in the ordinary form, for felony theft.

We reverse the judgment because the evidence is insufficient to support the conviction.

On direct examination, the prosecuting witness, J. W. Wilhite, testified that on Monday, February 14, 1966, the appellant came to his place of business in Lubbock and told him he (the appellant) was working as a front man for the Internal Revenue Service and that Wilhite and others were going to be checked and filed on by the…