Garcia v. State

OPINION

YAÑEZ, Justice.

A jury convicted appellant of possession of less than twenty-eight grams of cocaine. The trial judge assessed punishment at forty years in prison. Called to investigate a neighborhood disturbance in La Feria, police arrested appellant for public intoxication. A cursory pat-down search for weapons yielded nothing. After taking appellant to the police station for booking, the arresting officer returned to his patrol car and found cocaine, marihuana, and a syringe under the back seat. Inside the police department, officers conducted a more extensive search of appellant.…