MERIDYTH v. STATE

No. 08-03-00344-CR.

163 S.W.3d 305 (2005)

Robert Lee MERIDYTH, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, El Paso.

April 28, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Roxane Blount, Odessa, TX, for Appellant.

John W. Smith, District Attorney, Odessa, for State.

Before Panel No. 5 BARAJAS, C.J., CHEW, J., and JOHN HILL, C.J. (Ret.), sitting by assignment.


OPINION

JOHN HILL, Chief Justice (Ret.).

Appellant Robert Lee Meridyth appeals his conviction by a jury of the offense of possession of a controlled substance, cocaine, in an amount of less than one gram. The court, citing Appellant's two prior felony convictions, assessed his punishment at ten years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division. Appellant contends in three issues that the trial court abused its discretion by...

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