FORD v. STATE

No. 27888.

285 S.W.2d 735 (1956)

Emerson Y. C. FORD, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

January 4, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

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


DICE, Commissioner.

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

According to the State's evidence, City Officers, E. L. Kennedy and H. M. Gray, accompanied by two other officers, acting under a search warrant, went to Apartment 4, at 2815 Palm Street, in the City of Houston, to search for narcotics.

Upon the arrival of the officers the appellant and four others were present in the...

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