Carpenter v. State

596 S.W.2d 115 (1980)

Donny CARPENTER, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 57218.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, Panel No. 1.

January 30, 1980.

On Rehearing April 16, 1980.

Hulon B. Brown, Jacksonville, on appeal only, for appellant.

K. E. "Pete" Menefee, Dist. Atty., Rusk, Robert Huttash, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Before ONION, P. J., and ROBERTS and CLINTON, JJ.

OPINION

CLINTON, Judge.

The offense is delivery of LSD April 28, 1975. On an indictment filed January 26, 1976 appellant was tried and convicted by a jury that also assessed punishment—75 years confinement.

In four…