Legal Opinion

Barrera v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided February 27, 1952No. 25694PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

BEAUCHAMP, Judge.

Appellant was charged with transporting beer, an alcoholic beverage, and was by a jury assessed a fine of $500.00 and six months in jail.

The chief contention made on this appeal is based on the complaint that the State Liquor Control Board officers who made the arrest searched appellant’s car without a search warrant.

The officers testified that they met appellant and another *50driving an automobile at night-time and' became suspicious of him because of the speed he was driving. They turned, followed him and, upon stopping him, they looked in the car and saw cases of beer. The…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Green v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1950

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Springfield v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1962

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