Wallace v. State

OPINION

By the Court,

McNamee, J.:

Appellant was charged in an information with the offense of feloniously possessing and having under his control on May 20, 1958 narcotic drugs, to wit, cannabis (marijuana). A jury found him guilty as charged and the court rendered its judgment sentencing him to imprisonment for a term of not less than two years nor more than five years, and, in addition, he was ordered to pay a fine of $2,000.

Appeal is from such judgment.

The sole error specified is that the lower court permitted testimony relative to a prior arrest of the appellant which was unrelated to the…