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RING v. STATE

No. 42579.

450 S.W.2d 85 (1970)

Billie Gene RING, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied February 25, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jake C. Cook, Fort Worth (Court Appointed on Appeal Only), for appellant.

Frank Coffey, Dist. Atty., and Ben H. Tompkins, Otto C. Stephani and Truman Power, Asst. Dist. Attys., Fort Worth, and Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

OPINION

ONION, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for the unlawful possession of codein with the punishment assessed at two (2) years' confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections.

Although appellant does not complain thereof, we note at the outset a somewhat unusual procedure was here employed. It appears appellant was accorded a bifurcated trial at his request upon a plea of guilty. On May...

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