Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas December 19, 1973, Nos. 47321, 47322 (Fair v. State)

OPINION

JACKSON, Commissioner.

The convictions are for unlawful possession of marihuana; the punishment in each case, eight (8) years.

At about dusk on July 20, 1972, Officers Byrne and Hart of the Texas Highway Patrol were traveling in their patrol car when they observed a red Ford Falcon station wagon speeding in an easterly direction on Interstate 20 between Merkel and Trent in Taylor County.