Dade v. State

HOLCOMB, Justice.

A jury found Dennis Wayne Dade (“Appellant”) guilty of possession of marijuana in a quantity between five and fifty pounds and assessed his punishment at twenty years’ confinement in TDCJ-ID and a $10,000.00 fine. Appellant complains on appeal that there was insufficient evidence to affirmatively link him to the contraband, that certain inadmissible evidence admitted at trial prejudiced his case, and that the State’s closing argument was improper. We will affirm.

On February 1, 1994, Appellant and Willie Coleman (“Coleman”) were traveling east on 1-20 through Smith County,…