Legal Opinion

French v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided June 1, 1955No. 27637Published

1Opinion of the Court

284 S.W.2d 359 (1955)

Barney Ellis FRENCH, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 27637.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

June 1, 1955.

Rehearing Denied October 5, 1955.

King C. Haynie, Houston, for appellant.

Dan Walton, Dist. Atty., Eugene Brady, Asst. Dist. Atty., Thomas D. White, Asst. Dist. Atty., Houston, Leon Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

MORRISON, Presiding Judge.

The offense is possession of marihuana; the punishment, seven years.

Officer Tucker, of the Narcotic Division of the Houston Police Department, testified that he and his fellow officer Free were dressed in…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Irvine v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
  2. Salsburg v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
  3. Hubbard v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1923
  4. McCutcheon v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1952
  5. Holt v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1942

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