Opinion

Hunt v. State

  • 158 Tex. Crim. 618
  • 258 S.W.2d 320
  • 1953 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 1716
Court
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Filed
Feb 11, 1953
Status
Published
Author
Morrison
On the bench
Graves, Woodley, Morrison
Cited by
10 cases

The opinion

MORRISON, Judge

(Dissenting).

I have examined the record in this cause in the light of appellant’s motion for rehearing and am unable to agree with my brethren in their conclusion that the facts are sufficient to support the conviction.

The appellant was never seen in the possession of the illegal product for which he stands here convicted of possessing. The most that can be said of the state’s case is that he was seen near where it was later found. While it is true that appellant might have placed the marihuana in the wood pile, yet it is just as true that someone else might have placed it there. The land where it was found was not under the appellant’s control. Two Prince Albert tobacco cans were found, and yet it is significant to me that neither witness saw them in his hand, even though they were watching him.

I cannot bring myself to agree that such evidence meets the test in a circumstantial evidence case, and so respectfully enter my dissent.

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