CARAWAY v. STATE

No. 06-94-00198-CR.

911 S.W.2d 400 (1995)

Dorcas Drake CARAWAY, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Texarkana.

Decided August 3, 1995.

Rehearing Overruled August 29, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence Beason, Mineola, for appellant.

Marcus D. Taylor, County Atty. of Wood County, Quitman, Henry Whitley, Asst. Dist. Atty., Quitman, for appellee.

Before CORNELIUS, C.J., and BLEIL and GRANT, JJ.


OPINION

CORNELIUS, Chief Justice.

Dorcas Caraway was convicted of delivery of less than twenty-eight grams of cocaine. The court assessed punishment at thirty years' confinement.

Caraway raises three issues related to the composition of the grand jury that indicted him, admission of an audio tape recording, and excessiveness of the sentence.

A grand jury indicted Caraway on March 9, 1994. He was convicted by a jury, and the trial judge pronounced...

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