SKATES v. STATE

No. 34028.

353 S.W.2d 862 (1962)

Cleveland SKATES, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

January 10, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M. D. Emerson, Paris, for appellant.

Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


BELCHER, Commissioner.

The conviction is for misdemeanor theft by false pretext; the punishment, five days in jail and a fine of $100.

About 1 A. M., the appellant, a city police lieutenant, and Officer Kemp stopped and searched an automobile in which Elton Crabtree, Ralph Reese, Bobby Collier, David Smith and Doyle Cameron were riding. Some of them had been drinking beer. The officers found a case and a six-pack of beer in the boy's car which they took and...

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