PELHAM v. STATE

No. 28695.

298 S.W.2d 171 (1957)

Joel Dean PELHAM, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

February 6, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William H. Scott, Jr., Houston, for appellant.

Dan Walton, Dist. Atty., Eugene Brady, Thomas D. White, Assts. Dist. Atty., Houston, and Leon Douglas, State's Atty., Austion, for the State.


DAVIDSON, Judge.

This is a conviction for the unlawful possession of marijuana.

Appellant was the driver of an automobile which police officers of the city of Houston saw run a red light. The officers pursued and stopped the automobile. There were three other occupants in the car. The automobile was the property of the mother of Mantooth, who was seated by the side of appellant. The other two occupants were on the back seat.

As the police officers...

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