Kalish v. State

OPINION

JAMES, Justice.

This is an appeal by the defendant for a conviction of the felony offense of possession of cocaine, wherein the punishment assessed was five years in the Texas Department of Corrections. We affirm.

In the early morning hours of January 22, 1980, appellant was a passenger in an automobile (containing three others) which was stopped for a traffic violation by Deputy Sheriff Edward Ervin of the Brazoria County Sheriff’s office. When asked by Deputy Sheriff Ervin to step from the vehicle, appellant exited and ran from the auto, throwing a sack over a fence. Later, Deputy…