Legal Opinion
Garcia v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided October 28, 1970No. 43127PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DOUGLAS, Judge.
The conviction is for the possession of heroin; the punishment was assessed at ten years.
The trial was before the court on a plea of not guilty.
The record reflects that officers found a package of heroin in appellant’s pocket.
Appellant contends that the officers did not have probable cause to arrest and search him without a warrant. On the motion to suppiess and during the trial the following evidence was introduced.
D. W. Albert, a narcotics officer of the Houston Police Department, testified that at approximately 1:30 in the afternoon on July 26, 1968, he received…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Aguilar v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Spinelli v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Draper v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Warden, Maryland Penitentiary v. HaydenSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- United States v. Pablo Villareal AcostaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
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3Cited by7 opinions
- State v. RumfoloTexas Supreme Court · 1976
- Kwant v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1971
- Mottu v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1971
- In the Matter of R. A. B.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1975
- Hooper v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1976
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