Terry v. State

471 S.W.2d 848 (1971)

Oranza TERRY, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 43662.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

July 28, 1971.

Rehearing Denied November 9, 1971.

Percy Foreman, Houston, Jim D. Bowmer, Bob Burleson, Temple, for appellant.

Robert O. Smith, Dist. Atty., and Philip A. Nelson, Jr., Asst. Dist. Atty., Austin, and Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

OPINION

ROBERTS, Judge.

The offense is placing and causing to be placed on individual packages of cigarettes a counterfeit cigarette tax stamp; trial was before a jury and the court assessed the punishment at five…