BAILEY v. STATE

No. 34559.

356 S.W.2d 688 (1962)

William C. BAILEY, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

April 25, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

No attorney for appellant of record on appeal.

Frank Briscoe, Dist. Atty., Carl E. F. Dally, Robert E. Delany, Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


BELCHER, Commissioner.

The conviction is for the possession of heroin; the punishment, twenty years and one day.

Five officers of the City of Houston Police Department went to the apartment of the appellant to execute a search warrant on October 3, 1960. After entering the apartment, they went to the bedroom where they saw the appellant and a female, Mabel Elizabeth Wells. They also noticed a plastic vial on top of the headboard of the bed, and, when the appellant...

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