Pittman v. State

OPINION

DALLY, Commissioner.

The conviction is for the possession of marihuana; the punishment, ten years imprisonment.

The appellant’s first ground of error urging that the trial court erroneously overruled his motion for change of venue is without merit. The appellant’s motion, filed after the jury was selected, was not in writing and was not supported by his own affidavit or the affidavits of two credible persons, residents of the county where the prosecution was instituted as required by Article 31.03, Vernon’s Ann.C.C. P. The motion alleged that the majority of the members of the jury panel…