Spencer v. State

OPINION

DICE, Commissioner.

The conviction is for possession of marihuana; the punishment, fifteen (15) years.

By his first ground of error appellant insists that the court erred in admitting into evidence the marihuana “which was obtained as the result of an illegal arrest and illegal search of appellant’s automobile.”

The evidence shows that on the day in question, Officer Williams stopped the appellant for operating an automobile with loud mufflers. The officer then discovered that appellant had no driver’s license and had an altered inspection sticker on the vehicle. Three other people were…