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BRITTON v. STATE

No. 56680.

578 S.W.2d 685 (1978)

Yancy Leroy BRITTON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, Panel No. 3.

On Rehearing March 21, 1979.

Rehearing Denied April 11, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Shavers, Jr., Dallas, for appellant.

Henry Wade, Dist. Atty., William M. Lamb, John W. Booth and Jan Potts, Asst. Dist. Attys., Dallas, Robert Huttash, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Before ROBERTS, PHILLIPS and VOLLERS, JJ.

Rehearing En Banc Denied April 11, 1979.

OPINION

PHILLIPS, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of heroin possession. Article 4476-15, Sec. 4.04(a), V.A.C.S. Punishment was assessed at life imprisonment. Article 4476-15, Sec. 4.04(b)(1), V.A. C.S.; V.T.C.A., Penal Code, Sec. 12.42(d).

Appellant was a passenger in a vehicle observed by two Dallas police officers to be blocking the two west-bound lanes...

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