Garcia v. State

340 S.W.2d 803 (1960)

Joseph GARCIA, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 32264.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

November 2, 1960.

Rehearing Denied December 14, 1960.

Clyde W. Woody, Houston, for appellant.

Dan Walton, Dist. Atty., Samuel H. Robertson, Jr., Morgan Redd, Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

BELCHER, Commissioner.

The conviction is for the possession of heroin; the punishment, five years.

The testimony of the state shows that Officers Hightower and Chavez, with other officers, went to the home of the appellant and there informed…