GUITON v. STATE

No. 1154-84.

742 S.W.2d 5 (1987)

Dan Willies GUITON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc.

December 16, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edgar A. Mason, Izak Gregory, Dallas, for appellant.

Henry Wade, Dist. Atty., and Anne B. Wetherholt, Bob Phillips and Knox Fitzpatrick, Asst. Dist. Attys., Dallas, Robert Huttash, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Before the court en banc.


OPINION ON STATE'S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

McCORMICK, Judge.

A jury found appellant guilty of the offense of unlawful possession of a controlled substance, heroin, with the intent to deliver. The court assessed punishment at sixteen years' confinement. The Dallas Court of Appeals reversed appellant's conviction after finding the evidence was insufficient first, to show that appellant was in exclusive possession of the motel room in which the heroin...

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