Gage v. State

MORRISON, Judge.

The offense is felony theft with a prior conviction for an offense of like nature alleged for enhancement; the punishment, 10 years.

This is a companion case to McDonald v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 385 S.W.2d 253.

The State’s witness Gilmore testified that he was approached by appellant who asked for aid in locating a certain street address and who immediately displayed a large sum of money and offered to compensate Gilmore if he would drive him to a colored part of the city. On the way appellant pointed to McDonald, another colored man, standing at a bus stop and suggested that they…