Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Harris v. Texas
27 L. Ed. 2d 630
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1971-01-15
- Topic
- general
“ ‘ “Possess” as used in criminal statutes ordinarily signifies an intentional control of a designated thing accompanied by a knowledge of its character’ ”
Citator
- Cited by
- 27 opinions
Ct. Crim. App. Tex. Motion of the State of Texas to terminate petitioner’s stay of execution denied. Motion of petitioner that the Court consider his motion for stay of execution as a petition for writ of certiorari granted and case placed on docket as No. 6458.