Rankin v. State

953 S.W.2d 740 (1996)

James Carey RANKIN, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 1019-94.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc.

January 10, 1996.

Dissenting Opinion on Denial of Rehearing October 22, 1997.

R. Scott Shearer, Houston, for appellant.

Alan Curry, Asst. Dist. Atty., Houston and Matthew Paul, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Before the court en banc.

OPINION ON STATE'S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

McCORMICK, Presiding Judge.

Appellant was convicted by jury of possession of a controlled substance, namely cocaine, weighing less than 28 grams. Appellant pled true to two…