Hudson v. State

BELCHER, Judge.

Upon a plea of not guilty before the court without a jury, the appellant was convicted of the illegal possession of amphetamine; the punishment, a fine of $100.

Officer Wages testified that he observed the appellant staggering as he walked along a sidewalk adjoining a public street, and from six to ten feet away he called for the appellant to “wait”; that no odor of alcohol was detected on the appellant, but the appellant’s speech was incoherent, “and he was hopped up”. Upon a search, Officer Wages testified that he found 27 pills in a container in the right pants pocket of the…