Black v. State

362 S.W.3d 626 (2012)

Gary Lyn BLACK, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas.

No. PD-1551-10.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

February 15, 2012.

L. Patrick Davis, Fort Worth, for Appellant.

David W. Vernon, Asst. D.A., Cleburne, Lisa C. McMinn, State's Attorney, Austin, for State.

OPINION

PRICE, J., delivered the opinion of the Court in which KELLER, P.J., and WOMACK, JOHNSON, KEASLER, HERVEY, COCHRAN and ALCALA, JJ., joined.

The appellant was convicted of possession with intent to deliver methamphetamine in an amount between four and 200 grams, and the jury assessed his punishment at thirty years'…