Hernandez v. State

OPINION ON APPELLANT’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

ONION, Presiding Judge.

Appellant was convicted of possession of more than five but less than fifty pounds of marihuana. Article 4476-15, § 4.051, V.A.C.S. Punishment was assessed by the jury at 18 years’ imprisonment.

On appeal, the Waco Court of Appeals affirmed the conviction after reviewing six grounds of error in an unpublished opinion. 1 We granted appellant’s Petition for Discretionary Review to ascertain the correctness of that decision, to-wit: (1) whether the Court of Appeals erred in affirming the trial court’s overruling of…