Perez v. State

OPINION

DALLY, Commissioner.

The appellant was convicted for possession of heroin, and his punishment assessed by a jury was imprisonment for twelve years. A single ground of error asserts that the trial court erred in denying the appellant’s motion to suppress evidence and in overruling his timely objection to the introduction of evidence alleged to have been unlawfully obtained.

On March 11, 1973, between 6:00 and 8:00 p. m., appellant entered the American Hotel in San Antonio and rented a cot for the night from the manager Gerald Gilbert. About 1:00 a. m. the next morning, as Gilbert was…