Salazar v. State

OPINION

DOUGLAS, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for the offense of possession of heroin. Punishment, enhanced with two prior burglary convictions under the provisions of Article 63, V.A.P.C., was assessed at life.

Appellant initially complains that the arresting officers did not have probable cause to arrest and search him. Relying on Mapp v. Ohio, 367 U.S. 643, 81 S.Ct. 1684, 6 L.Ed.2d 1081, he argues that the heroin was unlawfully seized and therefore inadmissible.

The record shows that on September 26, 1969, Officers Michael Chavez and T. A. Bell of the Houston Police Department…