Pool v. State

1 The defendant's last name has been spelled in the various documents in the record as "Poole" and as "Pool." There is no issue as to the defendant's identity. Because he was indicted under the name "Pool" and because that is the name used in the opinion of the Court of Criminal Appeals, we will also refer to the defendant as "Pool."

Randolph Eugene Pool was convicted of the unlawful possession of a controlled substance, namely marihuana. The Court of Criminal Appeals reversed his conviction upon the holding that the indictment failed to properly charge him with an offense.2 We affirm.

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