MAHAN v. STATE

No. 60533.

586 S.W.2d 488 (1979)

Larry Wayne MAHAN, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, Panel No. 2.

Rehearing Denied October 3, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Michael Smith, Gilmer, for appellant.

James L. Chapman, Dist. Atty., and C. Stephen Hughes, Asst. Dist. Atty., Sulphur Springs, Robert Huttash, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Before DOUGLAS, ROBERTS and ODOM, JJ.


OPINION

DOUGLAS, Judge.

Larry Wayne Mahan appeals his conviction for possession of more than four ounces of marihuana. Mahan pled guilty to the jury. Punishment was assessed by the jury at two years.

He contends that he should have been allowed to withdraw his announcement of ready and that the prosecutor made three separate improper jury arguments. The sufficiency of the evidence is not challenged.

Mahan contends that he should have been...

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