OCHOA v. STATE

No. 42152.

444 S.W.2d 763 (1969)

Valentino Ruben OCHOA, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied September 22, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Reynold M. Gardner, Amarillo, for appellant.

Tom Curtis, Dist. Atty., John B. Reese, Asst. Dist. Atty., Amarillo, and Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


OPINION

ONION, Judge.

The offense is possession of marihuana; the punishment, 5 years.

The State's evidence reflects that on July 13, 1968, Dave Griffin, an Amarillo City policeman, was working as an undercover narcotics agent. At approximately 7:30 p. m. he went to the Hong Kong Lounge in the City of Amarillo attired as a "hippie" and sat at a table with the appellant Ochoa, Willie John Via and his wife Pat Via, and Ray and Fred Salazar. Griffin...

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