Land v. State

OPINION

W. C. DAVIS, Judge.

Appeal follows trial de novo in county court on the offense of possession of channel catfish in excess of the legal limit. The trial court assessed punishment at a two hundred dollar ($200) fine in each cause. The four causes arise from the same fact situation and present identical issues for review. Thus the causes are consolidated for purposes of this opinion.

Surveillance by Texas Parks and Wildlife Department officers resulted in the arrest of appellants as they emerged from Lake Tawakoni. At the time of their arrests, appellants had in their possession 1,652…