Rao v. State

BELCHER, Judge.

This is a conviction for possessing marijuana, a narcotic drug; the punishment, ten years in the penitentiary.

The testimony in behalf of the state shows that Henry Austin, City Detective of the Beaumont Police Department, with four other officers, went to the home of appellant on June 16, 1953, and there informed appellant that they had a search warrant for his residence. Detective Austin testified that during the search he found two marijuana cigarettes in a dresser drawer in appellant’s room, which cigarettes he marked for identification purposes and later identified at the…