Sutton v. State

419 S.W.2d 857 (1967)

Robert Earl SUTTON, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 40544.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

October 4, 1967.

Rehearing Denied November 1, 1967.

Frank S. Wright, Henry J. Novak, Dallas, for appellant.

Henry Wade, Dist. Atty., Robert Stinson, John Stauffer and Kerry P. Fitz-Gerald, Asst. Dist. Attys. Dallas, Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty, Austin, for the State.

OPINION

BELCHER, Judge.

The conviction is for the possession of marihuana, a narcotic drug; and the punishment was assessed at twenty-five years.

The appellant urges as a ground of error that he was denied the…