Torres v. State

OPINION ON APPELLANT’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

W.C. DAVIS, Judge.

A jury convicted appellant upon his plea of “not guilty” of delivery of marihuana of more than 50 pounds but less than 200 pounds. The jury assessed punishment at 10 years’ confinement. The Thirteenth Court of Appeals (Corpus Christi) affirmed the conviction. Torres v. State, 667 S.W.2d 190 (Tex.App.—Corpus Christi, 1983). We granted appellant’s petition for discretionary review to examine the Court of Appeals’ holding that the jury’s assessment of punishment was lawful because it was within the lawful range of…