FEATHER v. STATE

No. 31427.

333 S.W.2d 851 (1960)

Jimmy Warren FEATHER, Appellant, v. STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

February 17, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. C. Divine, Houston, for appellant.

Dan Walton, Dist. Atty., Samuel H. Robertson, Jr., Lee P. Ward, Jr., Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


DICE, Commissioner.

The conviction is for the unlawful possession of heroin with two prior convictions for felonies less than capital alleged for the purpose of enhancement; the punishment, life imprisonment pursuant to Art. 63, Vernon's Ann.P.C.

Briefly, the State's evidence shows that on the morning of February 22, 1959, certain officers went to 3718 Fulton Street in the City of Houston where they arrested the appellant in the back bed room of a house at...

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