Hall v. State

DICE, Commissioner.

The conviction is for the unlawful possession of a narcotic drug, to-wit, marijuana; the punishment, twenty-five years.

The state’s evidence shows that on the date alleged, detectives Rutherford and Wiley, after having obtained a search warrant, went to a certain cabin occupied by appellant at a motel in the city of Lubbock to search for narcotic drugs. In the search of the cabin, a quantity of marijuana was found in a suitcase.

Appellant timely objected to the evidence of the search and the fruits thereof, on the ground that the affidavit made by the two officers before the…