Patterson v. State

POWERS, Justice.

Jerry Glenn Patterson was convicted of illegally possessing less than 28 grams of methamphetamine. Tex.Rev.Civ.Stat.Ann. art. 4476-15, §§ 4.02(b)(6), 4.04(b) (Supp. 1986). Punishment, enhanced by two previous felony convictions, was assessed at 25 years imprisonment. Trial was before a jury on Patterson’s plea of not guilty. Patterson appeals on eleven points of error in which he challenges: (1) the sufficiency of the evidence to support the judgment of conviction; (2) certain alleged procedural errors by the trial court; and (3) the sufficiency of the evidence to support the…