Legal Opinion

Adkins v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided October 1, 1986No. 1064-84Published

1Opinion of the Court

717 S.W.2d 363 (1986)

Sammy Joe ADKINS, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 1064-84.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc.

October 1, 1986.

Jimmy Edwards, Odessa, for appellant.

Phil Pollan, Dist. Atty., Fort Stockton, Douglas M. Becker, Ray Goldstein, Sp. Pros., Robert Huttash, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Before the court en banc.

OPINION ON STATE'S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

W.C. DAVIS, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of possession of tetrahydrocannabinol, a Schedule I controlled substance, and sentenced to fifteen years' incarceration in the Texas Department of…

Also in this document: Dissent · Onion; Dissent · Teague.

2Cases cited48 opinions

  1. Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. Coolidge v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  3. Whiteley v. Warden, Wyoming State PenitentiarySupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  4. Brown v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972
  5. Brooks v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1982

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