Ex Parte Bernard Eugene Crisp

Appellants were charged with the offense of "aggravated possession of marihuana," pursuant to indictments issued alleging that each of them possessed more than 2,000 pounds of marihuana. Appellants filed a pre-trial writ of habeas corpus attacking the constitutionality of House Bill 730, which was passed by the Legislature in 1981 and purported to amend the Texas Controlled Substances Ac, V.A.C.S., Art. 4476-15 (Supp. 1982).