Case Name: Marvin Bell v. State
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1962-02-07
Citations: 172 Tex. Crim. 24
Docket Number: No. 34,134
Parties: Marvin Bell v. State
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Criminal Reports
Volume: 172
Pages: 24–25

Head Matter:
Marvin Bell v. State
No. 34,134.
February 7, 1962
Florence, Garrison & Holt, Gilmer, for appellant.
Leon Douglas, State’s Attorney, Austin, for the state.

Opinion:
McDonald, judge.
The offense is possession of whiskey in a dry area for the purpose of sale; the punishment, a fine of $1,000.00 and confinement in jail for six months.
The disposition hereof makes a statement of the facts unnecessary.
Appellant objected to the failure of the trial court to define the term "prima facie evidence" in the charge to the jury.
Where the state relies upon the prima facie evidence statute to show that intoxicants were possessed for the purpose of sale, as it did herein, the definition of "prima facie evidence" should be given in the charge. Whitaker v. State, 164 Texas Cr. Rep. 264, 298 S.W. 2d 600; Seay v. State, 184 Texas Cr. Rep. 256, 115 S.W. 2d 418; and Floeck v. State, 34 Texas Cr. Rep. 314, 30 S.W. 794.
The judgment is reversed, and the cause is remanded.