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OPINION

Appellant Eloise Medina was convicted, pursuant to a jury verdict, of possession of cocaine and sentenced by the trial court to 15 years’ confinement (the possession case*fn1 ). The same evidence giving rise to that conviction, coupled with other evidence presented to the trial court, was the basis for the trial court’s additionally adjudicating guilt on an earlier deferred charge, revoking probation on that deferred charge, and imposing a sentence of 5 years’ confinement and a $300 fine (the adjudication proceeding*fn2 ). Appellant appeals both her conviction in the possession case and her adjudication of guilt in the adjudication proceeding. We reverse her conviction in the possession case, and we affirm the trial court’s adjudicating guilt on her deferred charge in the adjudication proceeding, but modify that judgment to delete the assessment of the $300 fine.

THE POSSESSION CASE

 
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