Schaffer v. State

OPINION ON STATE’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

McCORMICK, Presiding Judge.

A jury found appellant, Michael Lee Schaffer, guilty of possessing peyote, a controlled substance. The trial court assessed punishment at ten years’ confinement. The Corpus Christi Court “of Appeals reversed appellant’s conviction finding that the trial court improperly allowed the State to introduce hearsay evidence before the jury. Schaffer v. State, 721 S.W.2d 594 (Tex.App.—Corpus Christi 1986). We granted the State’s petition for discretionary review to examine the Court of Appeal’s holding and now affirm.

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