Wilburn v. State

OPINION

DICE, Judge.

The conviction is for felony theft; the punishment, enhanced under Art. 63, Vernon’s Ann.P.C., by reason of two prior convictions for felonies less than capital, life imprisonment.

Mrs. Helen Graves, the prosecuting witness, testified that she and her husband operated a ladies’ ready-to-wear business in the city of Dallas. She related that on the day in question she went to the warehouse area in the building and saw appellant standing and facing a rack of dresses, with some merchandise in his arms. When she yelled, “What are you doing?,” appellant turned around, faced her,…