Legal Opinion
Clifton v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided January 19, 1966No. 38970PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McDONALD, Presiding Judge.
The offense is unlawful possession of a narcotic drug, heroin; the punishment, ninety-nine years.
At about 9:10 p. m. on November 23, 1964, Detective C. H. Cavander of the Dallas Police Department had a telephone conversation with a reliable informant who had given him accurate information on several prior occasions. The informant disclosed that appellant and a male companion, Freddie Lee Hall, were at a certain record shop and were about to leave town; that they had loaded their clothing into Hall’s black and white Buick automobile; and that appellant possessed a…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Beck v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Draper v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Dagley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1965
- Alford v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1953
- Jones v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1954
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Jesse Coy Kimbrough v. Dr. George J. Beto, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- Archer v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1971
- Platt v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1966
- Grant v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1971
- Jimenez v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1967
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