JACKSON v. STATE

No. 42455.

450 S.W.2d 616 (1970)

Jesse Wallace JACKSON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied March 11, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tom L. Zachry, Fort Worth, for appellant.

Frank Coffey, Dist. Atty., John Howze, Wayne E. Roberts and Truman Power, Asst. Dist. Atty., Fort Worth, and Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


OPINION

DOUGLAS, Judge.

The conviction is for the possession of marijuana; the punishment, ten years.

The record reflects that Loreine Russell, a twelve-year-old daughter of the woman who lived with appellant, carried some leaves to police officers and reported that appellant was growing the plants and making cigarettes from the leaves. After a test revealed that the leaves were marijuana, officers, accompanied by a chemist, drove to appellant's...

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