Gurrola v. State

877 S.W.2d 300 (1994)

Hector GURROLA, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 0459-93.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc.

February 9, 1994.

Rehearing Denied May 11, 1994.

Werner R. Voight, Houston, for appellant.

John B. Holmes, Jr., Dist. Atty., and J. Harvey Hudson, Asst. Dist. Atty., Houston, Robert Huttash, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Before the Court en banc.

OPINION ON APPELLANT'S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

MILLER, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of possession of cocaine. Punishment, enhanced by a prior felony conviction, was assessed at ten years in the Texas…