PERRY v. STATE

No. 28661.

297 S.W.2d 187 (1957)

Readell PERRY, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

January 9, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. C. Divine, Houston, for appellant.

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


DICE, Commissioner.

The conviction is for the unlawful possession of marijuana; the punishment, five years.

The state's evidence shows that Officers Shepherd and Taylor, while on patrol duty in the city of Houston around 9 o'clock p. m., observed an automobile being driven by the appellant, which, the evidence showed, belonged to his mother, in the 4800 Block of Market Street, without the taillights burning. After signalling for the appellant to stop, and...

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