Hernandez v. State

OPINION

DALLY, Commissioner.

This is an appeal from a conviction for the burglary of a habitation; the punishment assessed by the court is imprisonment for five years.

The only issue presented is whether the court erroneously admitted evidence obtained by an El Paso police officer after the warrantless arrest of the appellant.

The appellant urges that his rights under the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States were violated when he was stopped and detained by Officer Marcus Valero and therefore, the court erroneously admitted in evidence a medallion found in the appellant’s…