Aaron v. State

DICE, Judge.

The conviction is for the unlawful possession of a narcotic drug with two prior convictions for felonies less than capital alleged to enhance the penalty; the punishment, life imprisonment as provided by Art. 63, Vernon’s Ann. P. C.

The state’s testimony shows that the appellant was arrested and his person searched by Narcotic Officers Shelton and Rogers of the Houston Police Department, after they had observed him walk from a house to his automobile on Broadway Street and start to drive away. As a result of the search the officers found, in the appellant’s shirt pocket, three…