MERCER v. STATE

No. 11724.

450 S.W.2d 715 (1970)

Roger Lee MERCER, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Austin.

Rehearing Denied February 18, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phillip Sanders, Seth B. Cox, Jr., Austin, for appellant.

Crawford C. Martin, Atty. Gen., Nola White, First Asst. Atty. Gen., Hawthorne Phillips, Exec. Asst. Atty. Gen., Robert C. Flowers, Bennie W. Bock, II, Monroe Clayton, Asst. Attys. Gen., Ray Grill, Austin, for appellee.


O'QUINN, Justice.

This is an appeal from the juvenile court of Travis County in which appellant was adjudged a delinquent child and committed to the custody of the Texas Youth Council.

These proceedings grew out of discovery, by the principal of the school the youth was attending, of several forms of marijuana in possession of appellant.

Appellant contends that the marijuana he took from his pockets and placed on the principal's desk was recovered...

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