Carter v. State

5 S.W.3d 316 (1999)

Patty Busby CARTER, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 14-97-01280-CR.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Houston (14th Dist.).

October 7, 1999.

John F. Carrigan, Houston, for appellant.

Rikke Burke Garber, Houston, for appellee.

Panel consists of Justices MAURICE E. AMIDEI, FOWLER and WITTIG.

MAJORITY OPINION

WANDA McKEE FOWLER, Justice.

Over her plea of not guilty, a judge found appellant, Patty Busby Carter, guilty of possession of less than one gram of a controlled substance, namely cocaine. See TEX. HEALTH & SAFETY CODE ANN. § 481.115 (Vernon Supp.1999). The judge sentenced…