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CHAMBERS v. STATE

No. 59140.

601 S.W.2d 360 (1980)

Lester Steven CHAMBERS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, Panel No. 1.

July 16, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

D. Brian Blessing, Dallas, for appellant.

Henry Wade, Dist. Atty., Steve Wilensky and John William Booth, Asst. Dist. Attys., Dallas, Robert Huttash, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Before ONION, P. J., and ROBERTS and DALLY, JJ.

OPINION

DALLY, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for the offense of unlawfully obtaining from a registered pharmacist a controlled substance, to-wit: phenmetrazine, by the use of a false and forged prescription. The punishment, enhanced by two prior felony convictions, is imprisonment for life.

The appellant contends that: the punishment assessed is cruel and unusual; evidence of an extraneous offense was erroneously admitted; evidence of...

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