De La Rosa v. State

414 S.W.2d 668 (1967)

Rudolph De LA ROSA, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 40310.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

May 3, 1967.

John W. O'Dowd, John Michael Ille, Houston, for appellant.

Carol Vance, Dist. Atty., Richard M. DeGuerin and Gerald Applewhite, Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

OPINION

ONION, Judge.

Appellant was convicted as a second offender of unlawfully possessing a narcotic drug under the provisions of the Uniform Narcotic Drug Act and his punishment was assessed by the jury at confinement in the Texas Department of…