Alexander v. State

STILLEY, Justice.

The appellant was convicted of possession . of a controlled substance, ■ methamphetamine. The jury assessed punishment at five years confinement. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.

Evidence adduced at a pre-trial hearing on a motion to suppress revealed that at approximately 9:30 p. m. on March 24,1979, appellant was arrested in an apartment parking lot in Houston, Texas. The two arresting officers, J. W. Clinton and J. W. Pry, testified that they arrested appellant after observing him walk in a swaying and stumbling manner for twenty to twenty-five feet and get into a…