Allen v. State

MORRISON, Judge.

The offense is the possession of marijuana; the punishment, ten years.

It was established that officers of the city of Temple had reason to believe, and did believe, that appellant had marijuana in his possession on January 14, 1953, the night in question.

Officer Douglas testified that he was waiting on the highway near the city of Temple; that appellant passed in his Oldsmobile, and he gave chase; that because of the rate of speed at which appellant was traveling he concluded that he would be unable to overtake him and radioed in to his fellow officers and requested their…