Legal Opinion

Moore v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided May 13, 1970No. 42611PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

MORRISON, Judge.

The offense is possession of marijuana; the punishment, 10 years (probated).

Both appellant’s grounds of error relate to the sufficiency of the affidavit for the search warrant. Omitting the formal allegation, we quote from the body of the affidavit as follows:

“I, JUAN AGUIRRE, do solemnly swear that heretofore on or about the twentieth day of December, 1967, in El Paso County, Texas, one ROBERT J. MOORE did then and there unlawfully possess a narcotic drug, to-wit: Marijuana, and I do have good reason to believe and do believe that said narcotic drug is now concealed by…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Gaston v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1969
  2. Dandrea v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1925
  3. Rupinski v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1925
  4. Smith v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1929
  5. Smith v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1929

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Bower v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1989
  2. Lopez v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1976
  3. Elliott v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1985
  4. Wachter v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)1997
  5. Douglas v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)1990

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