Marsh v. State

OPINION ON APPELLANT’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

W.C. DAVIS, Judge.

A jury convicted appellant of possession of over four ounces of marihuana and assessed punishment at ten years’ confinement and a $5000.00 fine. The Court of Appeals for the First Supreme Judicial District, 630 S.W.2d 305 affirmed the conviction. We granted appellant’s petition for discretionary review in light of Robbins v. California, 453 U.S. 420, 101 S.Ct. 2841, 69 L.Ed.2d 744 (1981), but Robbins has since been disapproved. See United States v. Ross, 456 U.S. 798, 102 S.Ct. 2157, 72 L.Ed.2d 572 (1982). We will…