SEGURA v. STATE

No. 41174.

427 S.W.2d 864 (1968)

Basil SEGURA, Jr., Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

April 3, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hollis Cordray, Houston, Court appointed, for appellant.

Carol S. Vance, Dist. Atty., Joseph W. Doucette and Edward McDonough, Jr., Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., of Austin, for the State.


OPINION

WOODLEY, Presiding Judge.

The offense is possession of heroin; the punishment, 18 years.

Appellant's sole ground of error concerns the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the conviction.

A Houston police officer testified that he saw appellant drop a red and white object on the ground as he and another officer approached appellant. The officer picked up the object, which proved to be a crumpled cigarette package, and noticed some...

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