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HANCOCK v. STATE

No. 46308.

495 S.W.2d 222 (1973)

Thomas Andrew HANCOCK, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

May 30, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eduardo Roberto Rodriguez, Brownsville, for appellant.

F. T. Graham, Dist. Atty. and Menton Murray, Jr., Asst. Dist. Atty., Brownsville, Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., and Robert A. Huttash, Asst. State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

OPINION

MORRISON, Judge.

The offense is possession of marihuana; the punishment, six (6) years.

Appellant does not challenge the sufficiency of the evidence.

Appellant's first contention relates to former jeopardy. He claims that the prosecution, in the instant case, is barred by his prior conviction for possession of narcotic paraphernalia growing out of the same transaction.

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