Legal Opinion

Sanders v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided April 16, 1958No. 29715PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MORRISON, Presiding Judge.

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

Officer Gray of the narcotics division of the Houston police force testified that on the night in question he received information from a credible source that a colored man named Morris, wearing a checkered sport shirt, khaki pants and a dress cap, had marijuana in his possession and was walking on Elgin Street in the direction of Dowling Street; that he and his fellow officer proceeded immediately to Elgin Street, and there saw a colored male dressed in the manner described above; that as they…

2Cited by16 opinions

  1. Smith v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1968
  2. Bridges v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1958
  3. Artell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1963
  4. Sikes v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1960
  5. Slaughter v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1958

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