WILLIAMS v. STATE

No. 45068.

476 S.W.2d 674 (1972)

Robert L. WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

March 1, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence M. Hamilton, San Antonio (On Appeal Only), for appellant.

Ted Butler, Dist. Atty., Gordon V. Armstrong, Bill Harris and George Anderson, Asst. Dist. Attys., San Antonio, and Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


OPINION

ONION, Presiding Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for possession of marihuana where the punishment was assessed at 20 years.

Appellant contends that the trial judge did not properly assess punishment in that he followed the recommendation of the prosecuting attorney rather than his own review of the facts and his own reflections.

The indictment, in addition to allegations as to the primary offense, also alleged two prior...

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