COLLINS v. STATE

No. 46687.

502 S.W.2d 743 (1973)

Jimmy Edward COLLINS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

December 19, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. B. "Bennie" House, Jr., and Rique D. Bobbitt, Houston, for appellant.

Carol S. Vance, Dist. Atty., James C. Brough, and Ned Morris, Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, Jim D. Vollers, State's Atty., and Buddy Stevens, Asst. State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


OPINION

BROWN, Commissioner.

This is an appeal from a conviction for the possession of marihuana. The jury assessed punishment at five (5) years.

The sufficiency of the evidence is challenged.

The record reflects that on September 4, 1971, at approximately 3:00 a. m., Deputy Sheriff William A. Turner, III, together with his partner and other law enforcement officers, acting on information, set up a surveillance on a 1971 Plymouth GTX with...

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