HILLIARD v. STATE

No. 32534.

340 S.W.2d 494 (1960)

Loice Dennis HILLIARD, Appellant, v. STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

November 30, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mauro Rosas, El Paso, for appellant.

William E. Clayton, Dist. Atty., Edwin F. Berliner, First Asst. Dist. Atty., Joseph H. Sharpley, Oscar G. Galvan, 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 marihuana; the punishment, four years.

When Immigration Officer Blakeney asked the appellant about his citizenship and also what he had in his hand, the appellant made no reply but suddenly ran as Blakeney grabbed for him and Officers DeBruhr and McCleary soon apprehended him. Officer Blakeney testified that appellant had something clutched in the cup of his left hand which was protruding from...

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