Hines v. State

OPINION

WALKER, Justice.

A jury convicted Mitchell Hines of possession of a controlled substance, cocaine, in an amount more than 1 gram but less than 4 grams. The jury assessed punishment at thirty years of imprisonment in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division. The two points of error raised on appeal raise the following issues:

Whether the evidence is sufficient to sustain Appellant’s conviction for possession of a controlled substance because the State failed to prove that the adulterants and/or dilutants were added with the intent to increase quantity.

Whether the…