State v. Howard

OPINION

COOPER, Justice.

This appeal is from a judgment of the Court of Criminal Appeals reversing appel-lee’s conviction of possession of 102.5 pounds of marijuana with intent to sell and dismissing the indictment. The majority of the Court of Criminal Appeals was of the opinion that the trial judge was in error in not suppressing evidence found by officers in inventorying the contents of appellee’s automobile, after appellee was arrested for public drunkenness. The majority also expressed the opinion that even if the im-poundment and inventory of appellee’s automobile had been justified, it…