COOPER v. STATE

No. 27891.

288 S.W.2d 762 (1956)

Johnny Pierce COOPER, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied April 4, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Z. E. Coombes, Dallas, for appellant.

Henry Wade, Crim. Dist. Atty., Harold G. Clark, Jr., and Charles S. Potts, Asst. Crim. Dist. Attys., Dallas, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


MORRISON, Presiding Judge.

The offense is procuring; the punishment, 2 months in jail and a fine of $100.

Officers Woodall and Turrigiano of the vice squad of the Dallas city police testified that on the night in question, while dressed in civilian clothes, they went to the motel where appellant was employed as a porter and that Officer Turrigiano had a conversation with the appellant in the office. Turrigiano told the appellant that he was from San Antonio...

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