SPRIGGINS v. STATE

No. 36058.

372 S.W.2d 676 (1963)

Johnny Clarence SPRIGGINS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied December 11, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howze & Howze, by Murray J. Howze, Monahans, for appellant.

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


MORRISON, Judge.

The offense is the possession of Marihuana; the punishment twenty-five years. This is a companion case to Dickerson v. State, this day decided.

Officers from Lea County, New Mexico, received information that a quantity of a substance which resembled Marihuana was hidden in the base of a windmill just over the state line in Gaines County, Texas. The sheriff of said last named county inspected the windmill, found three bags of Marihuana hidden...

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