Escamilla v. State

DAVIDSON, Judge.

This is a conviction for possession of marihuana, with punishment assessed at three years in the penitentiary.

Officers apprehended appellant and one Quintero seated in an automobile on the public streets of San Antonio. Approximately a half pound of bulk marihuana, wrapped in a newspaper, was found in the front seat of the automobile. Both appellant and Quintero were arrested.

The officers thereafter searched appellant’s home, by authority of a search warrant, and found therein, hidden in a stove flue, twenty-two marihuana cigarettes.

The appellant did not testify.

No request was…