Robertson v. State

322 S.W.2d 620 (1959)

William Edward ROBERTSON, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 30494.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

March 18, 1959.

William Edward Robertson, in pro. per., on appeal.

Dan Walton, Dist. Atty., Thomas D. White and Fred M. Hooey, Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

DICE, Commissioner.

Appellant was convicted as a second offender of unlawfully possessing a narcotic drug and his punishment assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for 40 years.

Officer M. B. Hightower of the narcotic division of the Houston Police…