Specter v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DOUGLAS, Judge.
The conviction is for the sale of marihuana ; the punishment, ten years, probated.
The sufficiency of the evidence is not challenged, and the only contention of the appellant is that the evidence shows that as a matter of law that he was entrapped.
The record reflects that Lee Vollmer, a deputy sheriff, accompanied by Mack Winkler, who had been arrested earlier that night for possessing marihuana, went to appellant’s room at the YMCA in El Paso to purchase some marihuana from appellant. Vollmer saw the light shining under the door and knocked. Appellant then opened the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Jones v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1968
- Dumont v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1965