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MITCHELL v. STATE

No. 49216.

517 S.W.2d 282 (1974)

Sanders MITCHELL, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied January 22, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joe B. Goodwin, Court appointed, Beaumont, for appellant.

Tom Hanna, Dist. Atty. and John R. DeWitt, Asst. Dist. Atty., Beaumont, and Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

OPINION

GREEN, Commissioner.

Appellant in a trial before a jury was convicted of possession of heroin. Punishment, assessed by the jury, is for twenty-five years.

Appellant initially asserts that the evidence is insufficient to show that he knowingly possessed the heroin.

Viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict, the record reflects the following:

At about 9:30 P.M. on March 6...

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