Johnson v. State

DICE, Commissioner.

The conviction is for the unlawful possession of marihuana; the punishment, fifteen years.

The state’s evidence shows that on the night in question Officers Bliss and Williams saw the appellant walking on a public road in the city of Dallas. When they observed that he was “staggering and wobbling around,” they stopped the patrol car and went to him. After engaging appellant in conversation, in which he spoke in a “confused and slurred” manner, the officers formed the opinion that he was intoxicated and placed him under arrest. They then searched him and found some unsigned…