Satterwhite v. State

OPINION

BENAVIDES, Justice.

A jury assessed a punishment of twelve years’ confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections after convicting appellant for the offense of delivery of a controlled substance to a minor. See TEX.REV.CIV.STAT.ANN. art. 4476-15 § 4.053 (Vernon Supp.1985).

Appellant argues in his first ground of error that marijuana is not a controlled substance. This argument is without merit. Marijuana is a Schedule 1 controlled substance. TEX.REV.CIV.STAT.ANN. art. 4476-15 § 2.03(a) & (d)(13) (Vernon Supp.1985). Whitaker v. State, 572 S.W.2d 956, 957 (Tex.Crim.App.1978). The trial…