Klueppel v. State

OPINION

DAVIS, Commissioner.

Appeal is taken from a conviction for possession of marihuana. Punishment was assessed by the jury at twenty years.

The record reflects that appellant was arrested in Tyler on February 8, 1972. The vehicle appellant was driving was searched and a sack found therein was seized, containing six and one-half pounds of marihuana.

Appellant contends that “the court erred in allowing improper jury argument.”

The record reflects that the following occurred during the State’s argument at the punishment phase of the trial:

“I guess you say, or you hear people say, why don’t they…