Ex Parte Bitela

OPINION

DOUGLAS, Judge.

This is an appeal from an order denying bail on appeal in a habeas corpus proceeding.

Appellant was convicted for possessing marijuana; his punishment was assessed at twenty-five years. Appellant contends that his constitutional rights have been violated because the trial court denied bail.

In Ex parte McBride, 108 Tex.Cr.R. 618, 2 S.W.2d 267, the punishment was in excess of fifteen years and bail on appeal was denied. This Court held that Article I, Section 11 of the Texas Constitution, Vernon’s Ann.St., which provides that “all prisoners shall be bailable by sufficient…