Legal Opinion

Stanton v. State

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided October 24, 1984No. 2-84-203-CRPublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

HILL, Justice.

James Stanton, Jr. appeals his conviction for the offense of aggravated robbery. Trial was to a jury which found him guilty. The trial court assessed his punishment at twenty years in the Texas Department of *306Corrections. He complains on appeal that his confession was improperly admitted since it resulted from an illegal arrest and that a juror should have been excused for cause.

We affirm, because we find that the arrest was not illegal and because we find that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying Stanton’s challenge of the juror for cause.

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2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Anderson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1982
  2. Garza v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1981
  3. Chamberlain v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1970
  4. Trammell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1969
  5. Hollomon v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1982

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Stanton v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1988
  2. Riggs v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1987
  3. Stanton v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1988
  4. Vaughn v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)1992
  5. Vaughn v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)1992

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