White v. State

ESQUIVEL, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment of conviction and on the felony offense of possession of a controlled substance, namely: Methamphetamine.

Appellant was arrested for public intoxication while in a parking lot of an ice house in San Antonio. During his arrest a scuffle ensued and a match box which he had pulled out of his pocket during the scuffle fell to the ground. After appellant was subdued by two officers, one of the arresting officers picked the match box off the ground and discovered a plastic baggie that contained a white powdery substance which later tested positive…