Jones v. State

OPINION

DAVIS, Commissioner.

This is an appeal from a conviction for possession of marihuana where appellant entered a plea of guilty before a jury. Punishment was assessed at twelve years.

Appellant contends that the State improperly injected into the record facts surrounding an extraneous offense. Appellant was arrested at the Neiman-Marcus store, in Dallas, for using a stolen credit card. Appellant was searched at the scene of the arrest, and a quantity of marihuana was found on his person.

An indictment charging appellant with the theft of a credit card growing out of this arrest was pending…