Legal Opinion

Hernandez v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided October 23, 1968No. 41507PublishedCited by 30 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

MORRISON, Judge.

The offense is possession of heroin'; the punishment, 20 years.

Appellant’s first ground of error is that the trial court, in the presence of the jury, heard evidence which was hearsay on the issue of probable cause contrary to our holding in Ramos v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 395 S.W.2d 628. In Ramos, the court permitted the witness to testify in the presence of the jury as to the full details of what information he had received regarding a certain location. In the case at bar, the question “and did it (the information) concern the possibility of narcotics .being at that…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Roviaro v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  3. Johnson v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  4. McCray v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  5. Bosley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1967

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3Cited by30 opinions

  1. Lippert v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1984
  2. Walthall v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1980
  3. Willis v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1970
  4. Rice v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1977
  5. Rodriguez v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1981

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