Boatright v. State

OPINION

DOUGLAS, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for the possession of demerol, a narcotic drug. The jury assessed the punishment at sixty years.

The main contentions of the appellant, among many others, concern his arrest and the search of the automobile that he had been driving.

We affirm.

Patrick Cumming testified that he met the appellant on August 15, 1969, and knew him only as Tommy and that they ran around together all night and until the next day. Cumming then testified that he drove his mother’s bright red Chevrolet to a pharmacy and attempted to pass a forged prescription…