Lesley v. State

WOODLEY, Judge.

Appellant was charged by indictment with theft of 9 drilling bits of the value of $51.00.

The evidence raised an issue as to the value of the bits being over or under $50.00 and the jury found appellant guilty of theft of property under the value of $50.00 and over the value of $5.00, and assessed his punishment at six months in jail.

The state relied upon circumstantial evidence and the sole ground for reversal is the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the jury’s verdict.

Under the law, this court’s duty is to determine whether or not there is evidence which, viewed from the…