Chess v. State

McDonald, Judge.

The offense is unlawful possession of marijuana; the punishment, 2 years confinement in the penitentiary.

Mack Sterling, a member of the Abilene Police Department assigned to the Narcotics Division, testified that around 8:45 P.M. on March 15, 1961, he and his partner, Jack Ryle, stopped appellant, who was the driver of a 1960 Ford automobile, after he failed to give a turn signal in making a left hand turn; that he identified himself as a police officer and asked to see appellant’s driver’s license; that he smelled marijuana in the automobile; that a search was conducted and…