Rankin v. State

OPINION ON STATE’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

McCORMICK, Presiding Judge.

Appellant was convicted by jury of possession of a controlled substance, namely cocaine, weighing less than 28 grams. Appellant pled true to two enhancement counts, and the jury assessed punishment at twenty-five years’ confinement. The Court of Appeals reversed the conviction in an opinion on motion for rehearing. Rankin v. State, 881 S.W.2d 14 (Tex.App.-Houston [1st] 1994). We granted the State’s petition for discretionary review in order to address whether the Court of Appeals erred in holding that appellant…