Legal Opinion

Garcia v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided October 8, 1958No. 29969PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MORRISON, Presiding Judge.

The offense is the possession of marijuana; the punishment, life.

Detectives Bernal and Krai of the narcotic division of the San Antonio police department testified that on the day in question, pursuant to information which they had received, they went along an unpaved street until they discovered an indenture in the ground on an undeveloped lot covered with weeds and, after some exploration, found concealed in the weeds a brown paper package which appeared to contain marijuana; that they returned the package to its original resting place and proceeded around the…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Lewallen v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1958

3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Ocker v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972
  2. Miller v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1970
  3. Broadway v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1967
  4. Jarvis v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 9th District (Beaumont)2010
  5. Ex Parte FreemanCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972

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