Legal Opinion

Gonzalez v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided March 25, 1959No. 30574PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BELCHER, Judge.

The conviction is for the unlawful possession of marijuana; the punishment, twenty-five years.

The testimony of two police officers shows that they went to the house where appellant lived to execute a search warrant, knocked on the door, and when appellant appeared they told him they had a search warrant for the house, gave him a copy, and he said, “* * * come on in and search.” In a large flour can in the kitchen they found two jars, each containing a substance which was marijuana as testified to by a chemist called by the state and appellant’s brother called by the appellant.…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Sue v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1907
  2. Fawcett v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1939
  3. Hunter v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1910
  4. Gonzales v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1956
  5. Fletcher v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1955

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Reyna v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1968
  2. People v. Stark and PeacockSupreme Court of Colorado · 1965
  3. Few v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1979
  4. Carroll Robinson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1964
  5. Sikes v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1960

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