Taylor v. State

OPINION

WEAVER, Justice.

Appellant, Lisa Renee Taylor, was convicted by a jury of aggravated possession of a controlled substance. The trial court assessed appellant’s punishment, enhanced by four prior felony convictions, at sixty years confinement in the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. We reverse and remand this cause for a new trial.

The evidence presented at trial showed the following. On June 3, 1992, officers Phil Foster and Mike Overton, of the Arlington Police Department, spoke with L.N., who had been arrested on drug charges earlier in the day. L.N.…