CHESS v. STATE

No. 34440.

357 S.W.2d 386 (1962)

James CHESS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

May 2, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

No attorney for appellant of record on appeal.

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


McDONALD, Judge.

The offense is unlawful possession of marijuana; the punishment, 2 years confinement in the penitentiary.

Mack Sterling, a member of the Abilene Police Department assigned to the Narcotics Division, testified that around 8:45 P.M. on March 15, 1961, he and his partner, Jack Ryle, stopped appellant, who was the driver of a 1960 Ford automobile, after he failed to give a turn signal in making a left hand turn; that he identified himself as a...

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