Stapleton v. State

OPINION ON APPELLANT’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

CLINTON, Judge.

The offense is felony possession of marihuana. In a bench trial on a plea of not guilty, the court found appellant guilty as charged, upon his plea of “true” found allegations of two prior convictions to be true, and assessed punishment at confinement for a term of thirty years.

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Appellant challenged sufficiency of the evidence in the court of appeals; he also contended that the trial court erred in admitting in evidence an audio tape recording of a telephonic report to the Houston Police Department from an individual who…