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COLEMAN v. STATE

No. 52225.

545 S.W.2d 831 (1977)

Henry COLEMAN, Jr., Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

January 26, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terry L. Belt, Austin, for appellant.

Joe Carroll, Dist. Atty., Troy C. Hurley, Asst. Dist. Atty., Belton, Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., and David S. McAngus, Asst. State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

OPINION

ROBERTS, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for possession of cocaine. The jury assessed punishment at two years" confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections.

Appellant was alleged to have intentionally possessed an unweighable quantity of cocaine: a trace amount. The record reveals that 1/280,000 of an ounce is weighable.

Other than the chemist's testimony, and that of the witness from the Automobile Records Department...

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