Stapleton v. State

868 S.W.2d 781 (1993)

Lloyd Dixie STAPLETON, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 471-93.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc.

October 27, 1993.

Rehearing Denied January 26, 1994.

Cynthia Russell Henley, Houston, for appellant.

John B. Holmes, Jr., Dist. Atty., Alan Curry and Don Crosier, Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, and Robert Huttash, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Before the court en banc.

OPINION ON APPELLANT'S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

CLINTON, Judge.

The offense is felony possession of marihuana. In a bench trial on a plea of not guilty, the court found appellant…