Gonzales v. State

BELCHER, Commissioner.

The offense is the possession of marihuana; the punishment, twenty-five years. The testimony of three officers reveals that the appellant was apprehended at a bus station in Lubbock as he approached a bus then scheduled for departure to Plain-view. Upon a search of the appellant by the officers, they removed a tobacco can from the inside of the sock on his left foot. The can contained a quantity of plant substance. The officers expressed their opinion that the plant substance was marihuana. The testimony of a chemist who made an analysis of the plant substance shows that…