Legal Opinion
Route v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided June 24, 1959No. 30779PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOODLEY, Judge.
The offense is possession of heroin; the punishment, life.
Officers Gray and Stringfellow, of the Narcotics Division of the Houston Police Department, having received information that appellant was going to bring some narcotics there, entered an apartment house and waited for him in an unlit hallway at the top of the stairs.
The officers saw appellant drive up in a 1954 Chrysler and get out and walk toward the apartment.
As appellant arrived at the top of the stairs the officers shined a flashlight on him and “He taken a step backwards and his hands slightly went up and coming…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Davis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1957
- Walker v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1958
- Smith v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1952
- Meador v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1947
3Cited by4 opinions
- Jesse Coy Kimbrough v. Dr. George J. Beto, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- King v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1968
- Vanderbilt v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1978
- Jesse Coy Kimbrough v. Dr. George J. Beto, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969