Legal Opinion
Spangler v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided April 6, 1938No. 19626PublishedCited by 2 opinions
The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
Hawkins, Judge.
Conviction is for possessing marijuana, punishment being one year in the penitentiary.
The evidence shows that if appellant was in possession of marijuana it was on the 28th day of April, 1937. He was tried and convicted on the 14th day of September, 1937.
The law in force at the time of the commission of the alleged offense was enacted by the 43d Legislature, page 609, Chapter 204, and found in Volume 2, Vernon’s Ann. Texas P. C. as Article 725a. The punishment fixed by said law for the possession of marijuana — for a first offense — was by fine not exceeding two thousand…
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