George Simmons v. State

NUMBER 13-10-00576-CR COURT OF APPEALS THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG GEORGE SIMMONS, Appellant, v. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee. On appeal from the 148th District Court of Nueces County, Texas. MEMORANDUM OPINION Before Chief Justice Valdez and Justices Benavides and Longoria Memorandum Opinion by Justice Benavides Appellant, George Simmons, was convicted of unlawful possession of cocaine, TEX. HEALTH & SAFETY CODE ANN. § 481.115 (West 2010), and sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice—Institutional Division (TDCJ). By five…