Marshall v. State

OPINION

BELCHER, Judge.

The offense is the possession of marihuana ; the punishment, life.

Two single count indictments were returned on November 22, 1966, into the same district court, charging George Marshall with the possession of marihuana. These indictments were identical. The district clerk assigned one of them No. 73230 and the other 73232 and each was entered on the docket of the same court. The indictments each allege that George Marshall on or about the 24th day of August, 1966, did possess a narcotic drug, to-wit: marihuana.

It is undisputed that the George Marshall charged in each of…