Poe v. State

OPINION

JACKSON, Commissioner.

The conviction was for unlawful possession of a narcotic drug, to-wit: marihuana. A jury having found appellant guilty of the offense, the court assessed punishment at ten (10) years’ imprisonment.

The sufficiency of the evidence is not denied. In October, 1972, appellant and his co-defendant, Jimmy Goains, drove over 900 miles to Lima, Illinois, to harvest marihuana that was growing wild on “government land” near Lima. Appellant admitted that he had learned of the location of the marihuana in the summer of 1972 and that he and his brother had driven to Lima that…