GONZALES v. STATE

No. 36628.

379 S.W.2d 352 (1964)

Richard Mora GONZALES, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied May 6, 1964.

Second Motion for Rehearing Denied June 10, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arturo C. Gonzalez, Del Rio, for appellant.

Alton R. Griffin, Dist. Atty., William M. Laubach and George H. Nelson, Asst. Dist. Attys., Lubbock, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


BELCHER, Commissioner.

The offense is the possession of marihuana; the punishment, twenty-five years.

The testimony of three officers reveals that the appellant was apprehended at a bus station in Lubbock as he approached a bus then scheduled for departure to Plainview. Upon a search of the appellant by the officers, they removed a tobacco can from the inside of the sock on his left foot. The can contained a quantity of plant substance. The officers expressed...

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