MARTINEZ v. STATE

No. 44173.

473 S.W.2d 520 (1971)

David MARTINEZ, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied December 21, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dan J. Anderson, Dallas, for appellant.

Henry Wade, Dist. Atty., and James S. Moss, Asst. Dist. Atty., Dallas, and Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


OPINION

ROBERTS, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for possession of heroin. Trial was before a jury with punishment set by the court at life imprisonment.

Appellant was arrested during the course of a search, with warrant, of a duplex in Dallas. Appellant apparently did not live at the location, but was only a visitor.

The officers approached the duplex and knocked on the front door. A voice inside inquired in Spanish as to who...

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