Court Opinion

ID: 9647265
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-23 13:29:26.989796+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:11:47.433166
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MORRISON, Judge
(dissenting).
From the four corners of the affidavit we learn the following:
The informant admitted that in the past he had handled and smoked marihuana. The affidavit also states that the informant stated that he had found marihuana in his yard and took the same into his possession. Such possession was unlawful. Article 725b, Sec. 2(a), V.A.P.C. The informant also stated that he later delivered the marihuana to the appellant Dean. Therefore, the affiant had sworn that the informant admitted to him that he possessed and then delivered the marihuana in question. This is clearly a declaration against penal interest and satisfies the requirements of U. S. v. Harris, supra. See also Aranda v. State, 506 S.W.2d 221, Tex.Cr.App.
It is also important that the affidavit reflects that the informer gave affiant a specific physical description of the appellant Dean, who was, according to the affidavit, “. . . identified as a suspected narcotic user . . . ” This affiant has thus sworn to facts which are tantamount to “a policeman’s knowledge of a suspect’s reputation”, in Harris, supra.
I am also of the opinion that Adair v. State, 482 S.W.2d 247, Tex.Cr.App. is authority supporting this search warrant.
DOUGLAS, J., joins.