Carrillo v. State

OPINION ON REMAND

NORMAN LEE, Justice (Assigned).

Appellant was convicted of possession of cocaine, with intent to deliver more than 400 grams. See Tex. Health & Safety Code Ann. § 481.112(a) (Vernon Supp. 2000). We affirm the judgment.

The jury found appellant guilty of the felony cocaine possession charge and as*263sessed punishment at eighteen years in prison and a fine of $20,000. He appealed to this court, on grounds that the State failed to comply with the procedural requirements of article 21.25 of the Code of Criminal Procedure1 in substituting a copy of a lost or mislaid indictment.…