Legal Opinion

Hammonds v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided May 7, 1958No. 29679PublishedCited by 27 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WOODLEY, Judge.

The offense is the unlawful sale of heroin, a narcotic drug; the punishment, thirty-five years.

The sufficiency of the evidence being challenged, the testimony must be appraised in the light most favorable to the jury’s findings.

The indictment alleged that appellant and Elizabeth Ann Johnson, acting together, sold heroin to Dan Evans. The court charged on the law of principals and, in applying the law, authorized a conviction upon a finding that appellant, acting to*500gether with Elizabeth Ann Johnson, did unlawfully sell heroin to Dan Evans.

Elizabeth Ann Johnson, who the testimony…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Pitts v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1919

3Cited by27 opinions

  1. Hernandez v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1997
  2. McCloud v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1975
  3. Howard v. State of Texas, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)1998
  4. Jeffery v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2005
  5. Conaway v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1987

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