Gilreath v. State

OPINION

CORNISH, Judge:

The appellant, Porter Lawrence Gilreath, III, was convicted in Greer County District Court, Case No. CRF-78-20, for the offense of Unlawful Possession of Marijuana. After the appellant waived jury trial, he was found guilty, and punishment was set at one (1) year imprisonment with all but sixty (60) days in the county jail to be suspended.

The conviction arose out of an incident in Mangum, Oklahoma, on July 8, 1978, when the appellant’s car was allegedly found to contain bags of marijuana. The vehicle was stopped by a police officer after he witnessed a bag of litter…