Gallegos v. State

DUNN, Justice.

The trial court convicted appellant of the third degree felony offense of possession of more than four ounces of marijuana. Punishment was assessed by the court at five years in the Texas Department of Corrections.

Appellant raises two points of error on appeal: (1) there was insufficient evidence linking him to the contraband found in the vehicle trunk; and (2) State’s exhibits two, three, four, and five should not have been admitted into evidence because of lack of proof of a proper chain of custody.

According to the testimony of Texas Highway Patrol Trooper Poemer, on February…