TATUM v. STATE

No. 35030.

363 S.W.2d 932 (1962)

Kenneth Lonzo TATUM, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied January 30, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Buck C. Miller, Houston, for appellant.

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


MORRISON, Judge.

The offense the possession of marijuana; the punichment, 10 years.

Officer Strickland of the narcotics division of the Houston police testified that on the night in question, in company with other officers and armed with a search warrant, he went to appellant's home; that a light was shining in the living room and, as he approached the house, he saw appellant and his wife seated on a couch; that he opened the unlocked screen door, knocked...

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