Legal Opinion
Ginther v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)
Decided January 9, 1986No. 01-84-0838-CRPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DUNN, Justice.
The appellant was charged by indictment with the knowing and intentional possession of methamphetamine, a controlled substance under Tex.Rev.Civ.Stat.Ann. art. 4476-15 sec. 2.04(d)(2) (Vernon 1976). A jury found him guilty as charged and assessed punishment at a $5,000 fine and five years confinement, probated.
The only evidence of the events surrounding the alleged offense was the conflicting testimony of the arresting officer and the appellant. The officer testified that on August 26, 1983, he saw the appellant leaning into a pickup truck parked on the side of IH-10 in…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Chambers v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Texas v. BrownSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Webb v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- McClenan v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1983
- Froude v. Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1983
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Hernandez v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 12th District (Tyler)1995
- Eddie Stewart v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)2000
- Kenneth Wayne Celestine v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2007
- Rafael Jose Guerra v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2007