Hutch v. State

OPINION

HEDGES, Justice.

At the conclusion of a jury trial at which appellant, J.C. Hutch, was found guilty of possession of a controlled substance, cocaine, weighing less than 28 grams, the trial court assessed punishment at 40-years confinement. In two points of error, appellant attacks the jury charge and asserts that trial counsel rendered ineffective assistance. We affirm.

On September 2, 1992, police officers Kwi-atkowski and Zavala stopped a vehicle in which appellant was the front seat passenger. The officers testified they stopped the car because neither appellant nor the driver of the…