Jones v. State

OPINION

DAVIS, Commissioner.

Appeal is taken from a conviction for possession of heroin. After the jury returned a verdict of guilty, punishment was assessed by the court at thirty-five years.

At the outset, appellant complains that the arrest and search were illegal so as to render any evidence seized incident thereto inadmissible.

Dallas police officers, armed with a search warrant, entered appellant’s apart*568ment on Junction Street, in Dallas, in the early morning hours of May 19, 1971, and seized nine capsules of heroin, a hypodermic syringe and needle and three burnt spoons.

Appellant urges…