Williams v. State

OPINION

DAVIS, Commissioner.

This is an appeal from a conviction for possession of marihuana, with punishment assessed at two years probated. The trial was before the court upon a plea of not guilty.

The record reflects that appellant and a companion were stopped by Austin police while walking in an alleyway in downtown Austin during the late night hours of February 13, 1971. Officer Richards testified that when he got out of the police car, he began to “frisk” appellant and felt some hard objects in both of appellant’s front pockets and that among the objects removed from appellant’s front…