Crotts v. State
| Citation | 432 S.W.2d 921 |
| Decision Date | 09 October 1968 |
| Docket Number | No. 41455,41455 |
| Parties | Billy Kindred CROTTS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee. |
| Court | Court of Appeals of Texas. Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas |
Ross Hardin, Dallas, for appellant.
Henry Wade, Dist. Atty., Tom Reese, Charles Caperton, Camille Elliott, Malcolm Dade and Kerry P. FitzGerald, Asst. Dist. Attys., Dallas, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.
The offense is the possession of a narcotic drug, marihuana; the punishment, ten years.
The appellant did not comply with the requirements of Sec. 9 of Art. 40.09, Vernon's Ann.C.C.P., in that his brief fails to separately set forth with specificity each ground of error of which he desires to complain on appeal.
The following matters will be considered under the provisions of Section 13 of Art. 40.09, supra:
The appellant attacks the affidavit to the search warrant on the ground that it is insufficient to show probable cause for the issuance of the warrant.
The affidavit recites that affiants:
It is concluded that sufficient facts were presented to the magistrate to establish that probable cause did exist and authorized the magistrate to issue the search warrant. Acosta v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 403 S.W.2d 434; Bosley v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 414 S.W.2d 468; Slaton v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 418 S.W.2d 508; Sutton v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 419 S.W.2d 857. The appellant's contention is overruled.
It is insisted that the trial court erred in not requiring the state to disclose the identity of the...
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