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Rainey v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Mar 24, 1971
464 S.W.2d 865 (Tex. Crim. App. 1971)

Summary

In Rainey v. State, 464 S.W.2d 865 (Tex.Cr.App. 1971), the defendant challenged the conviction and argued on appeal that the amount of marihuana shown was not sufficient to support the conviction for the sale of marihuana.

Summary of this case from Taylor v. State

Opinion

No. 43630.

March 24, 1971.

Appeal from the 137th Judicial District Court, Lubbock County, James A. Ellis, J.

Minor Pounds, Lubbock, for appellant.

Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


OPINION


The offense is sale of marihuana; the punishment, five (5) years.

Appellant contends that the amount of marihuana shown is not sufficient to support the conviction and relies upon Pelham v. State, 164 Tex.Crim. R., 298 S.W.2d 171 and Greer v. State, 163 Tex.Crim. R., 292 S.W.2d 122. In Pelham, supra, dustings taken from the pocket of appellant's trousers were shown to be marihuana. The chemist who analyzed these dustings could not express any opinion as to the amount or weight of marihuana present in same; he would not express the opinion that they contained as much as a grain of marihuana. In Greer, supra, a small piece of wet cotton containing a trace of narcotics was found.

In the case at bar, the undercover informer testified that she purchased a cigarette from the appellant, pretended to smoke the same, and at the first opportunity extinguished the cigarette and turned it over to an officer. The chemist who analyzed this unconsumed portion of the cigarette testified that 2/100 of a gram of marihuana were contained therein.

In this case, sale of a whole cigarette was proven; by the time the unsmoked part of that cigarette got to the chemist, only a small weighable and identifiable quantity remained. In Tuttle v. State, 410 S.W.2d 780, this Court held that 63 milligrams was sufficient to make a very small cigarette and was sufficient to support the conviction for the possession of marihuana.

Finding the evidence sufficient to support the conviction, the judgment is affirmed.


Summaries of

Rainey v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Mar 24, 1971
464 S.W.2d 865 (Tex. Crim. App. 1971)

In Rainey v. State, 464 S.W.2d 865 (Tex.Cr.App. 1971), the defendant challenged the conviction and argued on appeal that the amount of marihuana shown was not sufficient to support the conviction for the sale of marihuana.

Summary of this case from Taylor v. State
Case details for

Rainey v. State

Case Details

Full title:Toney RAINEY, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee

Court:Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Date published: Mar 24, 1971

Citations

464 S.W.2d 865 (Tex. Crim. App. 1971)

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