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Burge v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Oct 31, 1951
243 S.W.2d 172 (Tex. Crim. App. 1951)

Opinion

No. 25439.

October 31, 1951.

Appeal from the District Court, Borden County, Ben F. Thorpe, J.

W. J. Martin, Lubbock, for appellant.

George P. Blackburn, State's Atty., of Austin, for the State.


This is a conviction for felony theft; the punishment, two years in the penitentiary.

This case grows out of and is a companion case to that of White v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 242 S.W.2d 889.

The instant facts are insufficient to authorize a conviction for the same reason as assigned in the White case.

For the reasons there stated, the judgment is reversed and the cause is remanded.


Summaries of

Burge v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Oct 31, 1951
243 S.W.2d 172 (Tex. Crim. App. 1951)
Case details for

Burge v. State

Case Details

Full title:BURGE v. STATE

Court:Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Date published: Oct 31, 1951

Citations

243 S.W.2d 172 (Tex. Crim. App. 1951)