MENDEZ v. STATE

No. 34921.

362 S.W.2d 841 (1962)

Guadalupe Morales MENDEZ, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied January 2, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. C. Divine, Houston, for appellant.

Frank Briscoe, Dist. Atty., Gus J. Zgourides and Howell E. Stone, Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


WOODLEY, Presiding Judge.

The appeal is from a 50 year sentence assessed by the jury following trial upon indictment alleging the unlawful possession of heroin and a prior conviction for possession of marijuana.

The prior conviction, in the same court in which the present indictment was returned, was shown by records of the Texas Department of Corrections including certified copies of the judgment and sentence and finger prints; and appellant's identity as...

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