Legal Opinion

Lyons v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided December 12, 1973No. 47221PublishedCited by 35 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

ODOM, Judge.

The conviction is for unlawful possession of a narcotic drug, to wit: heroin; the punishment, 5 years.

On July 11, 1971, Port Arthur police officers executed a search warrant at a house occupied by appellant and Ivory Lyons, Jr. As a result of the search sixteen papers of heroin were found. The sufficiency of the evidence is not challenged.

By her first two grounds of error appellant contends that the trial court erred in admitting into evidence the fruits of the search because the search warrant was dated March 11, 1971, whereas the affidavit for the search warrant was dated…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Aguilar v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  2. Jones v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
  3. United States v. VentrescaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  4. Alexander v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972
  5. Smith v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972

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3Cited by35 opinions

  1. Green v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1990
  2. Rougeau v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1987
  3. Davison v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1974
  4. Nichols v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1994
  5. Champion v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)1996

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