Triplett v. State

OPINION

PATRICK A. PIRTLE, Justice.

Following a plea of not guilty, Appellant, Michael Wayne Triplett, was convicted by a jury of possession of less than one gram of a controlled substance, to-wit: methamphetamine, 1 a state jail felony. Tex. Health & Safety Code Ann. § 481.115(b) (Vernon 2003). 2 However, because the State alleged the offense was committed within 1,000 feet of school property, it was punishable as a third degree felony. § 481.134(d). Sentence was imposed by the trial court at ten years confinement, suspended in favor of ten years community supervision. By two issues, Appellant…