McKENZIE v. STATE

No. 38272.

390 S.W.2d 281 (1965)

John Cecil McKENZIE, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

May 19, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Keith Marks, Dallas, for appellant.

Henry Wade, Dist. Atty., Jim Miller, Neil English and W. John Allison, Jr., Asst. Dist. Attys., Dallas, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


MORRISON, Judge.

The offense is possession of marijuana; the punishment, fifteen years.

Narcotic officers Taylor and Zapata testified that on the night in question they parked their unmarked police car which was equipped with a long antenna and proceeded toward a cafe. As they did so, appellant and a companion drove up, parked their automobile in a lighted parking lot near the cafe and proceeded toward its entrance. While facing the officers, they appeared...

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