Legal Opinion

Venegas v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided March 12, 1958No. 29,630Published

1Opinion of the Court

MORRISON, Presiding Judge.

The offense is the possession of beer for the purpose of sale *175in a dry area; the punishment, 90 days in jail and a fine of $1,000.00.

Detective Keaton testified that on the night in question he and his fellow officer were stationed in the back yard of a house numbered 1506 F Street in the city of Lubbock watching a house numbered 1504, from which he had seen a number of people coming and going; that the appellant came out the back door of 1504 and approached the rear door of 1506, and had opened the screen door approximately six inches when he “jumped and said, ‘Oh, I…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Green v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1948
  2. Baker v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1950
  3. Crain v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1954
  4. Cropper v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1954
  5. Crutchfield v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1939

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