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- Title: Ricky Thomas v. State Texas
- Author : Third District, Austin Court of Appeals of Texas
- Release Date : January 22, 1988
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 61 KB
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The record reflects that Ricky Thomas, henceforth appellant, was convicted by a jury of felony theft (third degree) of an automobile, a 1985 Ford LTD, hereafter "Ford LTD", which was alleged to have belonged to Fred Reed, who was then the manager of Snappy Car Rental Company of Garland. Henceforth, we will refer to the latter as "Snappy". The trial judge assessed appellants punishment, enhanced with one prior felony conviction for burglary of a habitation, at eight (8) years confinement in the Department of Corrections. On appeal, the Dallas Court of Appeals sustained appellants third point (nee ground) of error, that "The evidence is insufficient to prove an intent to deprive at the time of the taking". The Court found that the evidence was insufficient to prove an "intent to deprive". It reversed the trial courts judgment in an unpublished opinion and ordered that an acquittal be entered on appellants behalf. See Thomas v. State, No. 05-85-01172, August 7, 1986. We will vacate the judgment of the court of appeals and remand this cause to that court for further proceedings not inconsistent with this opinion.