Locke v. State

DICE, Judge.

Appellant was convicted as a second offender under Art. 725b, V.A.P.C. for the unlawful possession of a narcotic drug, to-wit: marijuana and his punishment assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for 15 years.

The state’s evidence shows that on the night in question four state narcotic officers, accompanied by two deputy sheriffs, went to an apartment at 620 East Bluff Street in the city of Fort Worth where the appellant and his wife resided. Neither the appellant nor his wife was present when the officers arrived and some of the officers proceeded to go inside the apartment…