Legal Opinion

Sonderup v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided July 19, 1967No. 40520PublishedCited by 51 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

ONION, Judge.

The offense is Possession of Heroin; the punishment, assessed by the trial court against each appellant, twenty-five (25) years confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections.

We do not deem a complete recitation of the facts necessary. The evidence reveals a trip from Corpus Christi to the Mexican border by the two appellants, co-indictee Tommy Green, and a woman companion who was later revealed to be a police informant; the purchase by Green of heroin in Miquel Aléman, Mexico; the secreting of such heroin by the three men on the Texas side before the foursome…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Middleton v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1919
  2. Bosley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1967
  3. Hunt v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1958
  4. Smith v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1966
  5. Jacks v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1958

3Cited by51 opinions

  1. Samuel v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972
  2. Hinkle v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1969
  3. Hart v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1969
  4. Hoffman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1974
  5. Garcia v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1970

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