Legal Opinion

Smith v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)

Decided January 15, 1998No. 01-96-01418-CRPublished

1Opinion of the Court

962 S.W.2d 178 (1998)

Ernest Eugene SMITH, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 01-96-01418-CR.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Houston (1st Dist.).

January 15, 1998.

Anthony Osso, Houston, for Appellant.

John B. Holmes, Dan McCrory, Houston, for Appellee.

Before COHEN, WILSON and HEDGES, JJ.

OPINION

COHEN, Justice.

Appellant pleaded not guilty to possession of cocaine weighing between one and four grams, and not true to two prior felony convictions for possession of cocaine. The trial judge found him guilty, found one enhancement paragraph true, and assessed punishment of 16 years in prison. We…

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2Cases cited35 opinions

  1. United States v. LeonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Ker v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  3. McFarland v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1996
  4. Byars v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
  5. Brown v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972

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