Legal Opinion

Baker v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided March 8, 1950No. 24693PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WOODLEY, Judge.

Appellant was charged with the offense of possession of whiskey, gin and beer in a dry area for the purpose of sale. The jury found him guilty and assessed his punishment at a fine of one hundred dollars and thirty days in jail.

Officers searched two barns or outhouses located to the rear of a vacant house some 100 yards south of the Brownfield Highway in Lubbock County, stipulated to be a dry area.

There was a driveway leading from said highway passing the house and on by the barns or outhouses to another street, which driveway showed to have been used for travel by motor…

2Cited by3 opinions

  1. Hill v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1960
  2. Gonzales v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1959
  3. Venegas v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1958

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