Robinson v. State

JONES, Justice.

These appeals present a question of first impression in Texas: does a purchaser of a controlled substance become, by virtue of the law of parties, criminally responsible for the seller’s delivery? A jury convicted appellants of delivery of marihuana in an amount greater than five pounds but less than fifty pounds. See Tex.Health & Safety Code Ann. § 481.120(a) & (b)(5) (Pamph. 1991). The trial court assessed punishment for each at thirty years’ imprisonment. On appeal, appellants contend that, because they were merely the purchasers in the drug transaction, the trial court…