Marijuana cases overturned, laws set
THE BATTALION
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1974
Page 3
AUSTIN (■&*)—Tips leading to
ftrches of marijuana suspects
nnot be anonymous and must
contain a more detailed descrip-
;ion than “a young man with
shoulder-length hair” the Texas
ourt of Criminal Appeals ruled
Wednesday.
BThe court overturned another
|erijuana conviction, plus con
ations for armed robbery and
pest.
he court ruled 3-2 to give Al
lred L. “Sonny” Truitt a new
trial in Greenville because an
inonymous caller told police
’ruitt was en route from Dallas
to Greenville with 10 pounds of
barijuana. Truitt was sentenced
to four years in prison.
Warrantless searches are per
missible only where there is prob-
lle cause to make them and
where it is impractical to obtain
a warrant, the court said.
■The credibility of the caller was
iknown and, standing alone, the
call was insufficient to constitute
probable cause, the court said.
The court ordered a new trial
for Keith Kaser in Dallas because
a U.S. marshal searched him aft
er a fellow officer gave him a
vague description. That tip was
insufficient to constitute prob
able cause to search Kaser, the
court said. Kaser was given a 2-
year probated sentence.
A new trial was ordered in Ty
ler for Michael Klueppel, who
was sentenced to 20 years, be
cause a prosecutor referred to
“6% pounds of marijuana and
LSD.” Klueppel was charged only
with marijuana possession, and
the court said the reference to
LSD was impermissible.
Jessie Noble won his second
reversal on a conviction for rob
bery by assault with a deadly
weapon in Rockwall County, for
which he drew a 40-year sentence.
His first conviction was over
turned because he wasn’t given
School districts
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idowment money by investing it
in their own bonds at such low
,tes of interest as one-tenth of
in
ra
1 per cent.
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a warning before making a state
ment that led officers to items
that were introduced at his trial.
At his second trial, Noble was
described by a doctor as a schi
zophrenic of the paranoid type
who at times would be unable
to help his lawyer in his defense.
The trial judge submitted the
issue of Noble’s sanity to the
same jury that was to decide
his guilt or innocence instead of
impaneling a separate jury to de
termine sanity, as required by the
law.
Travis Lee Bolin is entitled to
a new trial in Wichita County,
the court said, because the tes
timony of his 13-year-old daugh
ter on an incestuous relationship
was unsupported by other testi
mony or evidence.
The daughter testified Bolin
gave her hamburgers or money
in return for continuing the re
lationship, and even though she
told him she did not like it and
that it hurt, he never threatened
her.
Since she participated willing
ly, the court said, she was “an
accomplice as a matter of law,”
and a conviction cannot be sus
tained on accomplice testimony
standing alone.
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A day-long orientation program
for high school students inter
ested in marine careers will be
presented here March 6 by the
Moody College of Marine Sciences
and Maritime Resources.
Capt. A. R. Philbrick, assistant
(superintendent of Texas Mari
time Academy and Sea Day chair
man, said speakers and panelists
will outline the career potential
and education and training re
quirements of occupations in four
general categories of ocean-re
lated activity.
Categories include oceanogra
phy and earth sciences, ocean en
gineering and technology, marine
biosciences and medical research
and both shore-based and seago
ing aspects of the maritime in
dustry.
The program will be held at
Moody Center on Galveston’s Sea
wall Boulevard.
More than 2,000 students attend
ed the 1973 Sea Day. Students
who want to participate this year
should register with their gui
dance counselor before March 4.
The $3 registration fee includes
lunch at the center. Participants
are entitled to special student
rates at Sea-Arama Marine
World.
Sea Day is presented with sup
port from TAMU’s Sea Grant Col
lege Program.
Lighter penalty
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the punishment be lowered to a
monetary fine for the first of
fense. The Senate also resolved
that the new regulation be retro
active.
Revisions of the University
Rules and Regulations Handbook
were proposed by Steve Eberhard,
chairman of the Academic Af
fairs Committee. The revisions
are designed to eliminate the
in loco parentis status of the uni
versity (the university acting as
a substitute parent for students)
and to arbitrary enforcement
tools.
In the past, in cases of scholas
tic dishonesty the dean of the
student’s college determined the
punishment arbitrarily. The pun
ishment could be anything from
dropping the student from the
course to suspending him from the
university. If a student was
placed on scholastic probation, it
was possible that the student
could be dropped before the se
mester was over.
The Senate proposal sets the
maximum penalty for the first of
fense of scholastic dishonesty at
being dropped from the course.
Suspension may be imposed for
subsequent violations, and all ac
tions would be subject to appeals.
Other proposal revisions in
clude a noncompulsory attendance
policy for classes and limited use
of the midsemester grade reports.
Revisions concerning credit by ex
amination are also to be consid
ered. The Senate will vote on the
revisions at the next Senate meet
ing.
The Senate also approved a res
olution taking strong exception
with the administration and claim
ing that no student input was con
sidered in the formulating of the
landscaping plans for the univer
sity. The resolution introduced by
Senator Barry Brooks (architec
ture) asks that future planning
include student ideas.
A married student housing pet
resolution was given a second
reading and passed. The resolu
tion, introduced by Jackie Hey-
man (off-campus), Harry Sund-
berg (engineering) and Shannon
Walker (freshman), calls for a
more lenient policy. At present, no
pets are allowed—under resolu
tion, a deposit would be required
for pets such as cats or dogs and
restrained pets such as fish would
require no additional deposit.
The Senate also approved Mary
Russo for Senate Public Relations
Director.
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TONIGHT
AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING DE
PARTMENT will present a seminar on
how to write a research paper. The
meeting will be in Room 214 of the
Agriculture Engineering Building at
1:00 p. m.
IING CONSTRUCTION WIVES
meet at 7:30 p. m. at 413 First
St., Apt 9, White Crest Apt.
BRYAN ORNITHOLOGICAL SOCIETY
will meet at 7:30 p. m. in the Cofer-
Van Overbeek Building at 200 E. 33rd
Street.
WOMEN’S AWARENESS WORKSHOP
will meet at 8 :30 p. m. in Room 808 of
the Rudder Tower. The program will
feature two films on assertiveness train
ing for women, prepared be the Ameri-
FENCING CLUB will meet from 7-9 p. :
in the upstairs part of G. Rollie Whi
upstairs pari
INDIA ASSOCIATION will present Dr.
Manual Davenport at 7:30 p. m. in
Center.
p. m.
al Stude
,ure two films on asse
en, prepared be the A
can Personnel and Guidance Associa
tion.
DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS will
hear Dr. Allan Meltzer of Carnegie
Mellon University speak on “Prices
zer
speak
try Policy’’ at
Lecture Room 102 of the
•— "uildii
and Monetary Policy’’ at 3:30 p. m.
Zachry
Memorial
Davenport will speak on
‘Philosophy: East and West.”
FRIDAY
MEXICAN-AMERICAN STUDENT OR
GANIZATION will have a social in the
Party Room of the Casa del Sol Apart
ments at 7:30 p. m. Everyone is in
vited.
MONDAY
PHI SIGMA BETA will meet in Room
501 of the Rudder Tower at 7 p. m.
SOIL CONSERVATION SOCIETY will
meet in Room 107 of the Agronomy
Building at 7 p. m. Dr. Joseph L.
Schuster, Range Science Department
Head, will speak on “Range Conserva
tion of the World.”
SCUBA CLUB will meet at 9 p. m. in the
Physics Building, Room 145.
WILDLIFE SCIENCE WIVE’S CLUB will
hold a fashion show given by the "Clothes
in the MSC.
Engineering Building. Horse” at 7 p. m. in the
FREE UNIVERSITY RADIO CLASS will COLLEGIATE FFA CHAPTER will meet
meet in Room 223.
meet in Room 223.
HOUSTON HOMETOWN CLUB will dis
cuss plans for the picnic at 7 :30 p. m.
the Physics Buildi
cuss plans
in Room 146 of
ysics Building. tures will be taken at 7 p. m.
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