Legal Opinion
Burns v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided September 16, 1971No. 44338PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*20OPINION
MORRISON, Judge.
The offense is sale of marihuana; the punishment eight (8) years.
Appellant’s first three grounds of error relate to the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the conviction.
One Martin Grischkowski, a student at Central Texas College at Killeen majoring in Law Enforcement, volunteered his help in ferreting out crime among the military to the Criminal Investigation Division stationed at nearby Fort Hood. He was advanced certain marked money to be used in purchasing narcotics from soldiers while they were off duty in the city. He used a portion of this money to purchase…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Aguero v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1957
- Gomez v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1970
- McKinnon v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1953
- Bridges v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1971
- Moore v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1925
3Cited by31 opinions
- Walthall v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1980
- United States v. Ruby Davidson Walden and William Luther WaldenCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1974
- State v. PattioayHawaii Supreme Court · 1995
- Reese v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1994
- United States v. Red FeatherDistrict Court, D. South Dakota · 1975
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