Legal Opinion

Jackson v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided February 5, 1975No. 49348PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

DALLY, Commissioner.

This is an appeal from a conyiction for the sale of methaqualone, a dangerous drug; the punishment assessed was imprisonment for six years. Among several grounds of error the appellant urges that the evidence is insufficient to support the conviction and that evidence was erroneously admitted. We agree.

It is alleged in the indictment that on or about January 17, 1973, the appellant “ . . . did then and there unlawfully sell to Jim Mull a dangerous drug, to-wit: methaqualone, a drug which bears the legend ‘Caution: federal law prohibits dispensing without a…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Phenix v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972
  2. Henley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1965
  3. Taylor v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1962
  4. Wright v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1973
  5. Beal v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1968

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Benoit v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1977
  2. Ex Parte HowethCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1980
  3. Ex Parte AshcraftCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1978
  4. Ex parte ChildressCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1987
  5. Ex parte MaddenCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1983

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