VINES v. STATE

No. 38927.

397 S.W.2d 868 (1966)

James Brannon VINES, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

January 12, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chappell & McFall, by John R. McFall, Lubbock, for appellant.

Alton R. Griffin, Dist. Atty., William M. LauBach, Asst. Dist. Atty., Lubbock, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


DICE, Commissioner.

The conviction is for the unlawful sale of marijuana; the punishment, five years.

Our disposition of the case renders unnecessary a recitation of the facts other than to observe that to sustain the conviction the state relied upon the fruits of the search of a certain house in the city of Lubbock by Sgt. Bill Bessent and other officers of the Lubbock police department, under the authority of a search warrant.

Prior to Officer Bessent...

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