MARTINEZ v. STATE

No. 27793.

285 S.W.2d 221 (1955)

Jane R. MARTINEZ, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

November 9, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter S. Navarro, Jr., Walter Conway, Houston, for appellant.

Dan Walton, Dist. Atty., Eugene Brady and Thomas D. White, Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


WOODLEY, Judge.

The conviction is for the possession of heroin, a narcotic drug; the punishment, 5 years in the penitentiary.

Two officers obtained a search warrant authorizing the search of an apartment located at 287 Clayton Homes, in Houston, alleged to be the private residence of "one Victor, Mexican male, and others whose names, identities and descriptions" were unknown.

Appellant alone was at the apartment when the officers arrived and inquired...

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