Sutton v. State

343 S.W.2d 452 (1961)

Thelma SUTTON, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 32694.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

January 11, 1961.

Rehearing Denied March 1, 1961.

C. C. Divine, Houston, for appellant.

Dan Walton, Dist. Atty., Carl E. F. Dally, Carol S. Vance, Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

DICE, Commissioner.

The conviction is for the unlawful possession of a narcotic drug, to wit: heroin; the punishment, 2 years.

The State's evidence shows that on the date alleged in the indictment the State's witness, Everett Armstrong, while working…