Culmore v. State

OPINION

MORRISON, Judge.

The offense is possession of marijuana; the punishment, sixteen years imprisonment.

We are met at the outset with appellant’s serious contention that the evidence is insufficient to support the conviction. These are the facts viewed in the light most favorable to the State. Officers, armed with a search warrant, approached the home of one Claude Bell. After knocking, but without announcing their identity or purpose, the officers entered the home and discovered four men and a woman seated in the “den.” There was no testimony from any of the officers that any person in the…