King v. State

OPINION ON APPELLANT’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

ODOM, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of possession of over four ounces of marihuana. The Court of Appeals affirmed the conviction and this Court granted appellant’s petition for discretionary review to consider the ground of error attacking the sufficiency of the indictment to allege an offense.

In relevant part the indictment alleged:

"... Randall King, hereinafter styled defendant, on or about the 1st day of December, A.D. 1980, ... did then and there intentionally and knowingly possess marihuana in an amount of more than four ounces.”

It…