BOATRIGHT v. STATE

No. 44090.

472 S.W.2d 765 (1971)

Tommy Russell BOATRIGHT, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied November 30, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melvyn Carson Bruder, Dallas (By Court Appointment), for appellant.

Henry Wade, Dist. Atty., John B. Tolle, Harry J. Schulz, Jr., W. T. Westmoreland, Jr., and Edgar A. Mason, Asst. Dist. Attys., Dallas, and Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


OPINION

DOUGLAS, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for the possession of demerol, a narcotic drug. The jury assessed the punishment at sixty years.

The main contentions of the appellant, among many others, concern his arrest and the search of the automobile that he had been driving.

We affirm.

Patrick Cumming testified that he met the appellant on August 15, 1969, and knew him only as Tommy and that they ran around together...

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