Howard v. State of Texas

BEA ANN SMITH, Justice.

Appellant, John Eldre Howard, appeals from a jury conviction of possession of cocaine with the intent to distribute, a first degree felony. See Tex. Health & Safety Code Ann. § 481.112 (West 1992 & Supp. 1998). The court assessed punishment at twenty years’ imprisonment in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division. On appeal Howard claims that (1) the evidence was legally and factually insufficient to support the jury’s finding; (2) the district court failed to instruct the jury on the law as to the testimony of an accomplice witness; and (3) his…