Denham v. State

Shulman, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of possession of heroin. The state’s evidence presented to the jury was that an experienced narcotics officer, driving through a *374predominantly black neighborhood, saw a young white man sitting in the driver’s seat of a parked car. Because the driver seemed nervous, the officer called for other officers to maintain surveillance on the car he had seen. Shortly thereafter, he received a call informing him that the car was moving in his direction. He got behind it and turned on his siren to stop the car and check the identities of the occupants, having…