Lucas v. State

OPINION

ONION, Judge.

The offense is theft of corporeal personal property over the value of $50.00; the punishment, enhanced under the provisions of Article 62, V.A.P.C., 10 years.

Initially, appellant complains the court below erred in admitting a statement made by him shortly after his arrest in violation of Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436, 86 S.Ct. 1602, 16 L.Ed.2d 694.

Charles J. Mallini testified that while at his place of employment in the city of Galveston on May 14, 1967, he noticed around 10:30 p. m. that his 1960 Chevrolet Biscayne was missing from the place he had parked it at 4 p. m.…