Beal v. State

432 S.W.2d 94 (1968)

Ronald Dewey BEAL, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 41421.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

July 24, 1968.

Rehearing Denied October 23, 1968.

John W. O'Dowd, Walter E. Boyd, Jr., Houston, for appellant.

Carol S. Vance, Dist. Atty., James C. Brough and Jimmy James, Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

OPINION

DICE, Judge.

The conviction is under Art. 726d, Vernon's Ann.P.C., for the unlawful possession of a barbiturate; the punishment, 730 days in jail.

It was shown by the state's testimony that on the day in question…