Rodriguez v. State

OPINION

W. C. DAVIS, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for the offense of possession of more than four ounces of marihuana. The punishment is imprisonment for seven years.

The appellant argues that the trial court committed reversible error when it failed to include a circumstantial evidence charge in its instructions to the jury. We agree and reverse.

The evidence, presented in a light most favorable to the verdict, reveals that on November 23, 1976, Manuel Ramirez, Lewis Pierce and Marvin Pierce went hunting. They visited property owned by Ramirez’s uncle, Caterino Soria, just as it…