Brown v. State

Rickey Lee Brown was charged with the unlawful sale of marijuana. At trial, the appellant was found guilty as charged and the trial court set sentence at 12 years' imprisonment in the penitentiary.

The appellant's counsel filed a motion for new trial challenging the weight and sufficiency of the evidence which, after a hearing, was overruled.

The appellant gave notice of appeal to the Court of Criminal Appeals on August 4, 1981. On August 7, 1981, this court dismissed this appellant's appeal as being untimely filed.

Thereafter, the appellant filed a petition for writ of error coram nobis,…