Urteago v. State

WOODLEY, Judge.

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

The case was one of circumstantial evidence.

Police Sgt. Bailey and Policeman Wagner, in company with a Federal Narcotics Agent, went to appellant’s home with a search warrant. As they approached appellant was standing at the door of an automobile talking in through the window at the rear of his home. He had trousers on but no shirt.

The officer called upon him to stop, said: “Police officers, stop,” but instead he ran into and through the house, pursued by one of them. The officer fired a shot, but…