Charles Ray Compton, Appellant v. the State of Texas, Appellee

Summary

The Court affirmed the theft conviction, holding that the State proved J. Howard Coonen was the owner of the property under the Penal Code definition, and that the evidentiary rulings on stipulations, hearsay, and prosecutor argument were proper. Justice Clinton, in a partial concurrence/dissent, and Judge Onion, in dissent, argued the majority overreached and that the conviction should have been set aside.