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476 F.2d 288

Docket No. 72-3825

Breckenridge v. Smith

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals

Decided April 3, 1973.

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals · decided 1973-04-03

Cited by 1 later decisions — most recently April 1973

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2 counsel of record

Relies on Isbell Enterprises, Inc. v. Citizens Casualty Co. of New York · Rener v. Beto

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Opinion by (per_curiam) · Decided 1973-04-03

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¶1Summary Calendar.*

¶2Robert Earl Breckenridge, pro se.

¶3Crawford Martin, Atty. Gen., Austin, Tex., for defendants-appellees.

¶4Before JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge, and DYER and SIMPSON, Circuit Judges.

¶6PER CURIAM:

¶7This appeal is taken from an order of the district court denying the petition of a Texas state prisoner for a “declaratory judgment” and for the writ of habeas corpus. We affirm.

¶8Appellant was convicted upon trial by jury of possession of marijuana, a narcotic drug, puruant to Article 725b, Vernon’s Ann.Texas Penal Code. He was sentenced to 18 years imprisonment. In his petition filed below, appellant requested the impanelling of a three-judge court to consider the constitutionality of Article 725b. He urged that the law is constitutionally unsound in that it erroneously classifies marijuana as a narcotic drug and sought to have the crime reduced to misdemeanor status and the penalty reduced in addition to his immediate release.

¶9This Court has previously found Article 725b to be constitutionally sound, rejecting the same arguments which appellant offers. Rener v. Beto, 5th Cir. 1971, 447 F.2d 20. Appellant is not entitled to relief. The judgment below is affirmed.

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