COOK v. STATE

No. 39426.

404 S.W.2d 594 (1966)

John Troy COOK, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied June 8, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard O. Lake, Houston, for appellant.

Frank Briscoe, Dist. Atty., Carl E. F. Dally, Asst. Dist. Atty., Houston, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


OPINION

DICE, Commissioner.

The conviction is for the unlawful possession of heroin, a narcotic drug; the punishment, fifteen years.

Trial was before the court, a jury being waived, upon appellant's plea of guilty.

At the trial, the facts were stipulated and appellant waived his constitutional right to be confronted by the witnesses.

By such stipulation the allegations of the indictment were stipulated as evidence, which was—...

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