WILLIAMS v. STATE

No. 38434.

394 S.W.2d 510 (1965)

Rebecca Kay WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

October 4, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John T. Boyce, Dallas, for appellant.

Henry Wade, Dist. Atty., Charles Caperton, Scott F. Bradley 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 the possession of barbiturates; the punishment, 90 days in jail.

The sole question presented is the legality of the arrest.

It is undisputed that the officers had no warrant for appellant's arrest and saw her commit no act other than walking in the company of a man.

At the trial the State proceeded on the theory that the arrest was authorized by a city ordinance. The legality of such arrest cannot be sustained...

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