Moon v. State

OPINION

ODOM, Judge.

This appeal is from a conviction for unlawful possession of a narcotic drug, to-wit: marijuana. The jury found that appellant had previously been convicted of an offense of like character and of the same nature, and assessed his punishment at 20 years.

By his first ground of error appellant contends he was prejudiced and denied a fair trial when the trial court continued to question the attorney for the state about a question he asked which elicited the answer that marijuana was a “stepping stone to taking heroin.”

The record reflects that the State’s attorney was questioning…