Wilson v. State

OPINION

MORRISON, Judge.

The offense is possession of cocaine; the punishment, two (2) years.

Appellant’s first ground of error is that the trial court erred in making a dictionary available to the jury at their request.

It was error for the court to permit the jury to have the dictionary. However, there is no showing of harm. During the hearing on the motion for new trial, the jury foreman testified that the jury used the dictionary only for the purpose of securing the definitions of “care, custody, and control” in connection with the court’s charge on possession and that they found no unusual…