Alexander v. State

325 S.W.2d 139 (1959)

Jewel ALEXANDER, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 30537.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

March 11, 1959.

Rehearing Denied June 3, 1959.

Charles William Tessmer, Dallas, for appellant.

Henry Wade, Dist. Atty., Ben Ellis, Dunstin Fillmore, Jerome Chamberlain, Jr., and A. D. Jim Bowie, Asst. Dist. Attys., Dallas, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

WOODLEY, Judge.

The offense is the unlawful sale of marijuana; the punishment, ten years.

The indictment alleged the sale to have been made to Dan Evans. He testified, as did L. D. Stringfellow,…