Faulkner v. State

OPINION

ROBERTS, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for the possession of marihuana. A jury found appellant guilty and the court assessed his punishment at five years’ probation. The offense occurred on February 8, 1974 and trial commenced on October 22, 1974.

Officers Franks and Holloway of the Houston Police Department stopped appellant and a passenger in their car on an access road to the Gulf Freeway around *211:00 on the night in question. Both officers testified that their attention was drawn to appellant’s vehicle by the fact that it was driving slowly and bore out-of-county tags, and…