Martinez v. State

252 S.W.2d 186 (1952)

MARTINEZ

v.

STATE.

No. 25932.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

June 25, 1952.

Rehearing Denied October 22, 1952.

Sam I. Pittman, Harold A. Thomas, Corpus Christi, for appellant.

George P. Blackburn, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

MORRISON, Judge.

The offense is possession of marijuana; the punishment, ten years.

Officer Perkins testified that he was proceeding along a street of the City of Corpus Christi on his motorcycle when he was hailed by a filling station operator; that he drove into the station, and his attention was directed to two young men who were walking across…