Legal Opinion

Rodriguez v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided January 2, 1957No. 28,619PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MORRISON, Presiding Judge.

*378The offense is the possession of marijuana; the punishment, seven years.

The prior conviction in this ease was reversed because of an error in the court’s charge. Rodriguez v. State, 162 Texas Cr. Rep. 332, 285 S.W. 2d 757.

Lieutenant Jackson of the narcotic section of the Corpus Christi police force testified that, in company with other officers under his command and pursuant to information which he had received, he went to a remote spot on the edge of the city on the day in question and lay in wait for several hours. After dark, he observed a pickup truck containing…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Widener v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1953
  2. Rodriguez v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1956
  3. Smith v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1956

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Williams v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1967
  2. McDearmon v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1961

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