McGASKEY v. STATE

No. 42498.

451 S.W.2d 486 (1970)

Thomas J. McGASKEY, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

March 11, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. C. Divine, Houston, for appellant.

Carol S. Vance, Dist. Atty., and Phyllis Bell and Allen Stilley, Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, and Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


OPINION

BELCHER, Judge.

The conviction is for the possession of a narcotic drug, to-wit, marihuana; the punishment, five years.

The sufficiency of the evidence is challenged.

Officer Arredondo, a witness for the state, testified that he approached the appellant who was alone and sitting under the steering wheel of an automobile and asked him to step out; that on searching the automobile he found in the glove compartment a Prince Albert tobacco...

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