CULMORE v. STATE

No. 42451.

447 S.W.2d 915 (1969)

Mathew CULMORE, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

November 19, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Horace G. Goodrich, Emmett Colvin, Jr., Dallas (on appeal), for appellant.

Henry Wade, Dist. Atty., Dallas, John Tolle, James P. Finstrom, and Camille Elliott, Asst. Dist. Attys., Dallas, and Jim Vollers, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


OPINION

MORRISON, Judge.

The offense is possession of marijuana; the punishment, sixteen years imprisonment.

We are met at the outset with appellant's serious contention that the evidence is insufficient to support the conviction. These are the facts viewed in the light most favorable to the State. Officers, armed with a search warrant, approached the home of one Claude Bell. After knocking, but without announcing their identity or purpose, the officers...

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