MATA v. STATE

No. 28533.

294 S.W.2d 820 (1956)

Pete MATA, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

November 7, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

No attorney for appellant of record on appeal.

Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


BELCHER, Commissioner.

The conviction is for the possession of marihuana; the punishment, four years in the penitentiary.

The testimony of two police officers shows that under authority of a search warrant they searched appellant's upstairs apartment. Officer Kline searched inside and Officer McCown went through the rear door of the apartment onto a porch where he found in a water drain a jar which contained marihuana, re-entered the apartment, showed the...

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