Legal Opinion
Powell v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided October 3, 1973No. 46209PublishedCited by 79 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ODOM, Judge.
This appeal is from a conviction for the offense of unlawful possession of a narcotic drug, to-wit: marihuana. Punishment was assessed by the jury at forty-five years.
About a week prior to the appellant’s arrest, Narcotics Agent Howell, of the Texas Department of Public Safety, received information from a confidential source that David Curlee was putting a narcotics deal together and that the source would stay in touch if he was able to find out any other information. The informer again contacted Agent Howell on January 27, 1971, and stated that Curlee was still trying to…
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