Legal Opinion

Waite v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided March 30, 1960No. 31775PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

DICE, Judge.

Appellant was convicted for the unlawful possession of barbiturates and her punishment assessed at 2 years in jail and a fine of $3000.

The conviction was under Art. 726c, V.A.P.C. now Art. 726d, V.A.P.C.

Officer T. H. Graham testified that on the day in question, in response to a call, he and Officers Fann and Maddox went to the Harris County Detention Ward where they went inside and talked to a man; that after talking to the man he came outside where he saw the appellant in the trunk of a Cadillac automobile which was parked on a parking lot “digging in some clothes” that as he…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. King v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1958
  2. Cedillo v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1957
  3. Outley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1955
  4. Nesbit v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1957
  5. Browning v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1954

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Smith v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1967
  2. Nava v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1960
  3. Yarbrough v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1964
  4. Vick v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1965
  5. Morgan v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1960

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