CLIFTON v. STATE

No. 38970.

399 S.W.2d 353 (1966)

Jessie Louise CLIFTON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied March 9, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert B. Billings, Dallas, for appellant.

Henry Wade, Dist. Atty., Dallas, Texas, Robert H. Stinson, William F. Alexander and W. John Allison, Jr., Asst. Dist. Attys., Dallas, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


McDONALD, Presiding Judge.

The offense is unlawful possession of a narcotic drug, heroin; the punishment, ninety-nine years.

At about 9:10 p. m. on November 23, 1964, Detective C. H. Cavander of the Dallas Police Department had a telephone conversation with a reliable informant who had given him accurate information on several prior occasions. The informant disclosed that appellant and a male companion, Freddie Lee Hall, were at a certain record shop and were...

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