Cook v. State

OPINION

ONION, Presiding Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for possession of marihuana. The punishment was assessed at 3 years.

On May 13, 1970, the appellant waived trial by jury and entered a plea of guilty before the court. Following a pre-sentence report his application for probation was by the court denied.

The sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the plea of guilty is not challenged.

In his first two grounds of error appellant contends that marihuana cannot meet the scientific definition of a narcotic drug and that the classification of marihuana as a narcotic is arbitrary and…