BEELER v. STATE

No. 36372.

374 S.W.2d 237 (1964)

John D. BEELER, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

January 15, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Richard Thornton, Galveston (court appointed counsel), for appellant.

Jules Damiani, Jr., Dist. Atty., Raymond E. Magee and Thomas L. Douvry, Asst. Dist. Attys., Galveston, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


BELCHER, Commissioner.

The conviction is for possession of marihuana with two prior convictions for felonies less than capital alleged for enhancement; the punishment, life.

The testimony of the La Marque City Officers Stroud, Gassaway, and Odom reveals that about 3 a. m., March 25, 1962, while riding in a patrol car, they observed the appellant who was seated between Samuel Cooper and Margie Justice in the front seat of a four door Pontiac that belonged to...

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