McBride v. State

OPINION

DAVIS, Commissioner.

This is an appeal from a conviction for possession of marihuana. The penalty was assessed by the jury at five years probated.

Appellant contends that the court erred in refusing to submit his requested charge to the jury on circumstantial evidence.

Undercover Narcotics Officer Canibano, of the Dallas Police Department, testified that at about 8 A.M., on July 9, 1969, he was in conversation with persons in Mc-Cree Park in Dallas County when Asa Denny McBride1 approached. Canibano informed McBride that the “stuff” he had sold him a couple of days before was “bad…