Derrick Leon Rowell v. State

TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN

NO. 03-08-00451-CR

Derrick Leon Rowell, Appellant

v.

The State of Texas, Appellee

FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF BELL COUNTY, 264TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT

NO. 61950, HONORABLE MARTHA J. TRUDO, JUDGE PRESIDING

M E M O R A N D U M O P I N I O N

A jury found appellant Derrick Leon Rowell guilty of possession of cocaine, see Tex. Health & Safety Code Ann. § 481.115 (West 2003), and assessed punishment at thirty years' imprisonment. In his sole point of error, Rowell argues that the trial court erred in admitting, during the punishment phase, the testimony of a…