Aaron v. State, 28522
| Decision Date | 28 November 1956 |
| Docket Number | No. 28522,28522 |
| Citation | 163 Tex.Crim. 635,296 S.W.2d 264 |
| Parties | Charles Lewis AARON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee. |
| Court | Texas Court of Criminal Appeals |
Charles Lewis Aaron, pro se.
Dan Walton, Dist. Atty., Eugene Brady and Thomas D. White, Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.
DICE, Commissioner.
The conviction is for the unlawful possession of a narcotic drug with two prior convictions for felonies less than capital alleged to enhance the penalty; the punishment, life imprisonment as provided by Art. 63, Vernon's Ann.P.C.
The state's testimony shows that the appellant was arrested and his person searched by Narcotic Officers Shelton and Rogers of the Houston Police Department, after they had observed him walk from a house to his automobile on Broadway Street and start to drive away. As a result of the search the officers found, in the appellant's shirt pocket, three capsules containing a brownish powder which, upon being tested by Chemist McDonald, was shown to be heroin. The officers also found, in the appellant's pants pocket, two bottles containing some pills and capsules, and a hypodermic needle, a syringe and a spoon.
The officers testified that, before making the arrest, they had observed the appellant stagger as he walked to the car, and, after getting in the car, almost hit another car as he was driving away from the curb. Officer Shelton, in describing the appellant's appearance, testified that his eyes were almost closed and his speech was incoherent. They further testified that they stopped the appellant because they thought he was drunk, and that a charge of driving while intoxicated was filed against him.
It was stipulated by and between the state and the appellant that the appellant had twice been finally convicted of the felony offenses less than capital alleged in the indictment for the purpose of enhancing the penalty.
As a witness in his own behalf, appellant denied possessing the capsules and other articles which the officers testified they found on his person, and testified that the reason the officers did so testify was because he had been a witness against certain police officers in Federal Court. Appellant further testified that he had taken two or three drinks of whiskey before his arrest but denied being under the influence of intoxicating liquor at the time.
Informal Bill of Exception No. 1 presents appellant's objection to the testimony relative to the search of his person on the ground that it was not shown that the officers had a warrant for his arrest or a search warrant.
The testimony of the two arresting officers that, when the appellant was arrested, he was drunk and was driving his automobile upon a public street was sufficient to authorize his arrest without a warrant. Art. 803, Vernon's Ann.P.C., authorizes a peace officer to arrest ...
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