Grissom v. State

LEIGH M. CLARK, Retired Circuit Judge.

On the trial on an indictment charging appellant with possession of marijuana, a jury found him guilty of the possession thereof for personal use only and fixed his punishment at a fine of one thousand dollars, to which the court imposed additional punishment of twelve months imprisonment in the county jail and sentenced him accordingly.

According to the undisputed evidence, about 4:00 P.M. on July 31, 1979, officers found a plastic bag, containing three smaller plastic bags that contained marijuana, inside the bedroom chest in the front bedroom of the…