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CHAIRES v. STATE

No. 44717.

480 S.W.2d 196 (1972)

Douglas A. CHAIRES, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied June 7, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Earl L. Yeakel, III, Wallace A. McLean, Austin, for appellant.

Robert O. Smith, Dist. Atty., Herman Gotcher and Michael J. McCormick, Asst. Dist. Attys., and Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

OPINION

MORRISON, Judge.

The offense is possession of marihuana; the punishment, fifteen (15) years.

Civilian employees of Braniff Airways and the air terminal testified that the appellant and two young women arrived in company with each other at the airport shortly before a flight to Washington, D. C., was scheduled to depart. The appellant carried a grey suitcase and each woman had one white suitcase and a footlocker. While issuing the tickets...

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