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- Title: Grady Johnson v. State Texas
- Author : 692 The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals No. 38
- Release Date : January 24, 1965
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 54 KB
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The conviction is for the unlawful possession of marihuana; the punishment, fifteen years. The state's evidence shows that on the night in question Officers Bliss and Williams saw the appellant walking on a public road in the city of Dallas. When they observed that he was ""staggering and wobbling around,"" they stopped the patrol car and went to him. After engaging appellant in conversation, in which he spoke in a ""confused and slurred"" manner, the officers formed the opinion that he was intoxicated and placed him under arrest. They then searched him and found some unsigned checks in his pocket which had been stamped with a check protector. Appellant was then carried to the city hall and, after being taken to the burglary, theft, and forgery sections, was taken to the jail on the fourth floor and turned over to the jail guard. Before assigning him to a cell, the guard proceeded to search appellant and, in the search, found a small cigarette in his watch pocket. After the guard, Hollman, laid the cigarette on the counter, appellant grabbed it and put it in his mouth. Hollman then seized appellant's arms and Officers Bliss and Williams came to his aid. In the struggle with the officers and as Officer Williams choked appellant with both hands, the cigarette fell from his mouth to the floor.