Legal Opinion

Brown v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided March 20, 1968No. 41132PublishedCited by 46 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

MORRISON, Judge.

The offense is the possession of heroin; the punishment, 99 years.

Appellant at the outset urges this Court to overrule three of our relatively recent opinions. In Acosta v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 403 S.W.2d 434, we set forth an affidavit (which is identical in all material respects to the ones in the case at bar) made for the issuance of a search warrant, and held it to be sufficient. In Bosley v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 414 S.W.2d 468, and in Gonzales v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 410 S.W.2d 435, cert den, 387 U.S. 925, 87 S.Ct. 2044, 18 L.Ed.2d 982, we referred to the affidavit in…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. United States of America Ex Rel. James Rogers v. Warden of Attica State Prison, Attica, New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1967
  3. Bosley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1967
  4. Acosta v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1966
  5. United States v. Frank SoykaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1968

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3Cited by46 opinions

  1. Marini v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1980
  2. Culmore v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1969
  3. Phenix v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972
  4. Kenneth Jordan Brown v. Dr. George J. Beto, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
  5. Adair v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972

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