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MATTEI v. STATE

No. 42468.

455 S.W.2d 761 (1970)

Jose A. MATTEI, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied June 24, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald A. Piperi, Killeen, Arturo C. Gonzalez, Del Rio, for appellant.

Stanley Kacir, Dist. Atty., Dennis C. Holle, Asst. Dist. Atty., Belton, and Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

OPINION

WOODLEY, Presiding Judge.

The offense is unlawful possession of marihuana; the punishment, 40 years.

Trial was before a jury on a plea of not guilty. Punishment was assessed by the court.

The sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the conviction is not challenged. The evidence admitted before the jury reflects that Detective Lieutenant Homer E. Shelton and Detective Cordus Jackson, Jr., accompanied by other police officers of the...

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