Taylor v. State

OPINION

WOODLEY, Presiding Judge.

The offense is the unlawful possession of marihuana; the punishment, 10 years.

Trial was before a jury under the 1965 Code of Criminal Procedure.

Appellant declined to enter a plea and the court entered the plea of not guilty for him.

The question which controls the disposition of this appeal is the legality of the search of the automobile appellant was driving and the seizure of marihuana cigarettes, bulk marihuana and cigarette butts found in a coffee can in the trunk.

This search was made at the courthouse immediately after appellant and the other occupant of…