State v. Martin

McCALEB, Justice.

Appellant was tried for possession of marijuána and convicted of attempted possession. Following imposition of sentence he prosecuted this appeal, relying on seven bills of exceptions reserved during the trial for reversal of his conviction.

Bill of Exceptions No. 1 was taken to the, overruling of a plea of prescription filed *709by appellant prior to trial. This plea was founded on the provisions of Articles 8 and 9 of our former Code of Criminal Procedure which was the law in effect at the time of the prosecution.1 Under those Articles a three year prescriptive period is…