COOK v. STATE

No. 51560.

537 S.W.2d 258 (1976)

Roger Glenn COOK, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

June 9, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George Michael Jamail, Beaumont, for appellant.

Tom Hanna, Dist. Atty., and Jimmie R. Stanton, Asst. Dist. Atty., Beaumont, Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., and David S. McAngus, Asst. State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


OPINION

GREEN, Commissioner.

In a trial before a jury, appellant Roger Glenn Cook was convicted of possession of heroin, a controlled substance. Punishment was assessed at seven and a half years.

On the night of September 26, 1973, Billy Broadway, acting night manager of a 7-11 grocery store in Port Arthur, observed appellant and his companion, Harry Cook, steal several packages of pressed ham from the meat cooler. After paying for other groceries...

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