Legal Opinion

Segura v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided April 3, 1968No. 41174PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

WOODLEY, Presiding Judge.

The offense is possession of heroin; the punishment, 18 years.

Appellant’s sole ground of error concerns the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the conviction.

A Houston police officer testified that he saw appellant drop a red and white object on the ground as he and another officer approached appellant. The officer picked up the object, which proved to be a crumpled cigarette package, and noticed some small packets inside the package which apparently contained powder. The second police officer corroborated this testimony.

A chemical analysis was made of the…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Martinez v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1963

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Miller v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1970
  2. Broom v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1970
  3. Johnson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1969
  4. Griggs v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1970
  5. Grayson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1971

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