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PLATT v. STATE

No. 39621.

402 S.W.2d 898 (1966)

Jerry Ross PLATT, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

May 18, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Will Gray, Houston, for appellant.

Carol S. Vance, Dist. Atty., James C. Brough and Joe Naron, Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

WOODLEY, Judge.

The offense is the unlawful possession of heroin; the punishment, enhanced by prior convictions, one for unlawfully breaking and entering a motor vehicle and the other for burglary; life.

Sentence was pronounced and notice of appeal given on December 22, 1965.

The evidence adduced before the jury reflects that shortly after 9 o'clock P.M. on Sunday, August 8, 1965, Houston Police Officer...

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