MURPHY v. STATE

No. 36581.

378 S.W.2d 73 (1964)

Patricia Ann MURPHY, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

April 22, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. C. Divine, Houston, for appellant.

Frank Briscoe, Dist. Atty., Carl E. F. Dally, James C. Brough and Frank Puckett, Jr., Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


WOODLEY, Presiding Judge.

Our prior opinions are withdrawn.

The offense is the unlawful possession of a dangerous drug; the punishment, ninety days in jail.

Trial was before the court on a plea of not guilty.

The state offered evidence to the effect that upon a search of appellant's purse, at the police station, two capsules in a small plastic container were found.

The capsules were offered in evidence. Chemist Floyd McDonald testified...

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