Legal Opinion

Baca v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided May 6, 1959No. 30,565Published

1Opinion of the Court

DICE, Judge.

Upon a plea of guilty before the court without a jury, appellant was convicted of unlawfully possessing marijuana and his punishment assessed at 3 years confinement in the penitentiary.

At the trial, the state introduced evidence showing the appellant’s guilt as required by Art. 12, V.A.C.C.P. As a witness in his own behalf, appellant testified that he had never been convicted of a felon;’- and called witnesses who testified that his reputation for truth and veracity and for being a law abiding citizen was good.

*192No motion for new trial appears to have been filed by appellant and no…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Baird v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1956

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