ROBERTS v. STATE

No. 28958.

301 S.W.2d 154 (1957)

Samuel Lee ROBERTS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

April 17, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wright Stubbs, Austin, Theo P. Henley, San Antonio, for appellant.

Hubert W. Green, Jr., Criminal Dist. Atty. Roy R. Barrera, Edward R. Finck, Jr., Asst. Crim. Dist. Attys., San Antonio, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


MORRISON, Presiding Judge.

The offense is the possession of marijuana, with two prior convictions for felonies less than capital alleged for enhancement; the punishment, life.

Officer Weilbacher testified, in the absence of the jury on the issue of probable cause, that his fellow officer on the night in question had received information from an informer that there were three men in a Plymouth automobile parked in front of the Ranch House Bar who were selling...

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