BETANCOURT v. STATE

No. 30737.

324 S.W.2d 215 (1959)

Domingo BETANCOURT, Appellant, v. STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

May 20, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sam J. Dwyer, Jr., George Rodrigues, El Paso, for appellant.

William E. Clayton, Dist. Atty., Joseph H. Sharpley and Lawrence M. Welsch, Asst. Dist. Attys., El Paso, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


BELCHER, Commissioner.

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

Officers Nava and Kreiger went to a housing project about 9 P.M. in answer to a call. Officer Nava testified that when he arrived at the playground area of said project he saw a man, whom he later identified as the appellant, inside the playground, kneeling on one knee near the fence, digging in the ground with what appeared to be a knife. When he turned the...

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