Legal Opinion

Fausett v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided June 16, 1971No. 43817PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

DOUGLAS, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for the possession of heroin. The punishment was assessed by the jury at ten years.

The record reflects that officers armed with a search warrant found 245 packages which contained a total of 8.302 grams of 60.4 per cent heroin in a chest of drawers in the bedroom of appellant’s home.

The sufficiency of the evidence is not challenged. The appellant contends that the affidavit did not show probable cause for the issuance of the search warrant and therefore the court erred in admitting into evidence the heroin obtained as a result of the…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Means v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1968
  2. Madden v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1961
  3. Urteago v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1960
  4. Flanagan v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1971
  5. Urteago v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1960

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Hernandez v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972
  2. Graham v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972
  3. Hurd v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1974
  4. Hubbard v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)1989
  5. DeLeon v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1973

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