Lucas v. State

OPINION ON STATE’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

McCORMICK, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of theft over $200.00. Punishment enhanced by one pri- or conviction was assessed at fifteen years’ confinement. The Waco Court of Appeals reversed appellant’s conviction and entered an order of acquittal after finding that there was no competent evidence to establish the value of the stolen property. Lucas v. State, 672 S.W.2d 240 (Tex.App.—Waco 1983).

Appellant was charged with stealing a shipping crate containing eleven grinding discs from a warehouse at the Port of Houston. The State attempted to…