McCAIN v. STATE

No. 35149.

363 S.W.2d 257 (1963)

Carroll Lynn McCAIN, Appellant. v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

January 2, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. O'Dowd, Houston, for appellant.

Frank Briscoe, Dist. Atty., Carl E. F. Dally and I. D. McMaster, Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


WOODLEY, Presiding Judge.

The offense is the unlawful possession of barbiturates; the punishment, 1½ years in jail.

Appellant and her companion Glenda Kiger were shopping in a J. C. Penney Store in Houston when several pairs of gloves dropped from a bundled-up coat Glenda was carrying. She ran from the store but was apprehended and taken to the manager's office on the seventh floor. The appellant did not leave the store. After Glenda was brought back...

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