Tyler v. State

293 S.W.2d 775 (1956)

Olin TYLER, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 28209.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

April 18, 1956.

Rehearing Denied June 13, 1956.

On Second Motion for Rehearing October 10, 1956.

E. Colley Sullivan, O. M. Street, Dallas, for appellant.

Henry M. Wade, Dist. Atty., A. D. Bowie and George P. Blackburn, Asst. Dist. Attys., Dallas, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

BELCHER, Commissioner.

The conviction is for the unlawful possession of a narcotic drug, to wit, heroin; the punishment, eight years in the penitentiary.

The testimony of two police…