ETCHIESON v. STATE

No. 36128.

372 S.W.2d 690 (1963)

Virgil John ETCHIESON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

November 27, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clyde W. Woody, Houston, (On Appeal Only), for appellant.

Henry Wade, Dist. Atty., James H. Miller, George Milner, and A. D. Jim Bowie, Asst. Dist. Attys., Dallas, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


WOODLEY, Presiding Judge.

The offense is the unlawful possession of marihuana; the punishment, 20 years.

A prior judgment of conviction upon the indictment herein was reversed by this Court in Etchieson v. State, 172 Tex.Cr. R. 606, 361 S.W.2d 711.

Upon the second trial there was no evidence introduced on the question of whether the appellant was an occupant of or was in possession of the apartment, or was a guest...

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