Ochoa v. State

444 S.W.2d 763 (1969)

Valentino Ruben OCHOA, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 42152.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

June 18, 1969.

Rehearing Denied September 22, 1969.

Reynold M. Gardner, Amarillo, for appellant.

Tom Curtis, Dist. Atty., John B. Reese, Asst. Dist. Atty., Amarillo, and Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

OPINION

ONION, Judge.

The offense is possession of marihuana; the punishment, 5 years.

The State's evidence reflects that on July 13, 1968, Dave Griffin, an Amarillo City policeman, was working as an undercover narcotics agent. At approximately 7:30 p.…