Parker, Christopher Chad

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS

OF TEXAS

NO. PD-0250-05

CHRISTOPHER CHAD PARKER, Appellant

v.

THE STATE OF TEXAS

ON APPELLANT'S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

FROM THE SEVENTH COURT OF APPEALS

BAILEY COUNTY

Cochran, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Keller, P.J., and Meyers, Price, Johnson, Keasler and Hervey, JJ., joined. Womack and Holcomb, JJ., concurred in the result.

OPINION

A jury convicted appellant of misdemeanor possession of marihuana. On appeal, he relied on this Court's decision in State v. Steelman (1) to argue that the police lacked probable cause to enter his home, and,…