Simpson v. State

OPINION

EVANS, Chief Justice.

A jury found appellant guilty of possession of cocaine, and upon finding enhancement allegations of two prior felony convictions to be true, assessed appellant’s punishment at life imprisonment as required by Tex.Penal Code sec. 12.42(d).

In five grounds of error, the appellant claims that the trial court’s denial of his motion to suppress certain evidence was reversible error; that the evidence is insuf*917ficient to support the jury’s verdict; that the jury’s verdict was coerced; and that his life sentence violates the Eighth Amendment prohibition of cruel and unusual…