Sosa v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
1Opinion of the Court
MORRISON, Presiding Judge.
The offense is the possession of marihuana; the punishment, 2 years.
Sheriff McNerlin and Deputy Sheriff Ragsdale testified that on the night in question they proceeded to a “shack” located in the back yard of the appellant’s father’s home; that they made their presence known, were invited in, and told the appellant and the other Latin-American young men there assembled that they wished to search for marihuana; and that appellant consented to the search. They testified they found two cigarettes wrapped in a candy wrapper in appellant’s pocket, eleven cigarettes on the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Fawcett v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1939
- Hernandez v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1938
3Cited by6 opinions
- Frazier v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972
- Collini v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972
- Locke v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1960
- Rodriguez v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1956
- Goldman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1971
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