McCary v. State

OPINION

ONION, Presiding Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for possession of heroin where the punishment was assessed at twenty years by the court following a verdict of guilty.

The State’s brief accurately summarizes the facts as follows:

“On November 27, 1968, State and Federal officers conducted a search of an apartment at 1615 Pennsylvania Avenue, Dallas, Texas, pursuant to a State search warrant. When Officer Hendry knocked on the front door, the officers heard a commotion inside the apartment. Being in fear that the people inside were either trying to escape or destroy evidence,…