Watson v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FARRIS, Justice.
A jury convicted Charles Lee Watson of possession with intent to deliver heroin of less than twenty-eight grams and possession with intent to deliver cocaine of less than twenty-eight grams and assessed his punishment, enhanced by prior felony convictions, at sixty-five years confinement for each offense. See Tex. Health & Safety Code Ann. § 481.112 (Vernon Supp.1994). On appeal, Watson complains his punishment violates the double jeopardy clauses of the constitutions, he cannot receive multiple convictions from a single charging instrument, and the jury charge was…
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