Brown v. State

HARRIS, Presiding Judge.

Appellant was convicted for trafficking in cannabis, sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment and fined $25,000. He was represented by retained counsel at trial and, after sentence was imposed and notice of appeal given, he retained different counsel to represent him on appeal.

Prior to trial, appellant made a motion in limine seeking to prohibit the State’s witnesses from mentioning a charge against him in another county of possessing 200 pounds of marijuana. The trial court did not expressly rule on the motion but stated the following:

“THE COURT: Well, I don’t know what…