Legal Opinion

Robertson v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided March 18, 1959No. 30494PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

DICE, Judge.

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 Department testified that on the morning in question he went to the 1100 block of West Gray Street in company with two other officers; that while they were parked in their car he saw the appellant get out of his automobile on a street west of apartment where the appellant lived, go to the front of the car and reach under the grill and take out a…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Stockwell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1958
  2. Lewis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1946
  3. Fernandez v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1936

3Cited by20 opinions

  1. Mullins v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1973
  2. Broussard v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1962
  3. Jones v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972
  4. Tinsley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1970
  5. Short v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)1984

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