Legal Opinion
Aguillar v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided June 20, 1962No. 34681PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BELCHER, Judge.
The conviction is for the possession of heroin; the punishment, twenty years.
On a former appeal this case was reversed. Aguillar v. State, 170 Texas Cr. Rep. 189, 339 S.W. 2d 898.
When Officers Strickland and Rodgers announced at the front door of a house that they were police officers and had a search warrant for the house, they heard scuffling and movements inside, immediately entered, and saw the appellant run into the bath room. Strickland and Rodgers pursued the appellant into the bath room where they saw him throw a package into the commode and flush it. Rodgers pulled the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Moreno v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1960
- Ruhmann v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1929
- Taylor v. Martin's EstateTexas Supreme Court · 1928
- Aguillar v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1960
- Perdue v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1961
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Aguilar v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- State v. MacriSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1963
- White v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972
- Curtis Gale Doby v. Dr. George J. Beto, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
- Joe Flores v. Dr. George J. Beto, Director, Texas De Partment of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
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