WELLS v. STATE

No. 30634.

324 S.W.2d 860 (1959)

Joe Keith WELLS, Appellant, v. STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

May 6, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M. Gabriel Nahas, Jr., Houston, for appellant.

Dan Walton, Dist. Atty., Thomas D. White and Samuel H. Robertson, Jr., Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


BELCHER, Commissioner.

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

After two police officers of the City of Houston observed the appellant riding alone in an automobile which he was operating at an excessive speed, the pursued him, saw him run a stop sign and later observed that he had cut off his lights and was driving without them and brought him to a halt. A search of appellant's automobile revealed a partially smoked...

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