Meadowes v. State

DICE, Commissioner.

The conviction is under Art. 726d, V.A.P.C., for the unlawful possession of amphetamine; the punishment, one year in jail and a fine of $1,000.

Officer J. J. Strickland of the Houston police department, narcotics division, testified that on the day in question he drove to the 4300-block of Washington Avenue in company with his partner, Officer Jack Farrar, and a man by the name of James Frost. When they stopped, Frost got out of the car and went to a telephone booth in which appellant was standing. After the two engaged in a conversation, Frost returned to the car with…