Baker v. State

OPINION

ODOM, Judge.

The offense is theft; punishment, enhanced under Article 62, Vernon’s Ann.P. C., is ten years.

In the early morning hours of November 6, 1972, appellant and another were seen climbing over a fence into a storage area of Elliott Valve and Repair Company in Houston. When appellant climbed back out he was apprehended, but his companion escaped undetected. Subsequent investigation revealed that a large valve weighing between 150 and 200 pounds had been moved two or three feet from its original position. The jury was charged on the law of principals.

Appellant contends the…