Legal Opinion

Wright v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided November 8, 1967No. 40725PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

DICE, Judge.

The conviction is for the unlawful possession of marihuana; the punishment, twenty-five years.

The facts necessary to a disposition of appellant’s three grounds of error will be stated.

Officer E. S. Harris, of the city of Dallas police department, testified that on the night in question, while he was on patrol, an informer who had proven to be reliable motioned him to the curb and told him that a man, whom he described, was in a certain cafe seated at a table with a girl the officer knew and that the man had in his possession some marihuana. At such time, the informer gave…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Roviaro v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  2. Bosley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1967
  3. Acosta v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1966
  4. Johnson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1965
  5. Rent v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1954

3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Thaddeus Michael Lockhart v. O.L. McCotter Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1986
  2. Walker v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1971
  3. Witt v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1971
  4. Boss v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972
  5. Easley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1971

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