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GUTIERREZ v. STATE

No. 40908.

422 S.W.2d 467 (1968)

Santiago Quintanilla GUTIERREZ, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

January 3, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

F. B. Godinez, Jr., Pharr, for appellant.

Oscar B. McInnis, Dist. Atty., Dennis E. Hendrix, Asst. Dist. Atty., Edinberg, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

OPINION

BELCHER, Judge.

The conviction is for the possession of marihuana with a prior conviction for the same offense alleged for enhancement. The punishment was assessed at ten years.

For reversal, the appellant urges error on the ground that there is a very serious question about the chain of possession of the marihuana which was reportedly found in the car of the appellant on the night that he was apprehended.

Officer Lackey testified...

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