Williams v. State

MORRISON, Presiding Judge.

The offense is possession of marijuana; the punishment, 15 years.

Officer Tuck of the Dallas police department testified that on the night in question he observed the appellant walking up and down a certain street and “contact different people on the street * * * mostly men,” after which he placed her under arrest and, as he was seating her in the police automobile, she threw her purse down on the pavement, that he retrieved the purse, gave it to her, and shortly thereafter he saw her drop a cigarette which was rolled like a marijuana cig'arette on the floorboard. He…