Slaughter v. State

OPINION

WOODLEY, Presiding Judge.

This is an out of time appeal from a conviction for the offense of unlawful possession of Ethyl Morphine, a narcotic drug, with punishment assessed at 15 years in the Texas Department of Corrections.

The multi-count indictment was returned September 2, 1959. A conviction under count 3 of said indictment was reversed by this court because of a fatal defect in the verdict of the jury. Slaughter v. State, 170 Tex.Cr.R. 16, 336 S.W.2d 944.

This appeal is from a conviction at a subsequent trial under the same count, sentence having been pronounced on September 30,…