Legal Opinion

Livingston v. State

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided April 16, 1987No. 2-86-158-CRPublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

HILL, Justice.

Marvin J. Livingston, Jr. appeals his conviction by a jury for the offense of unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon. The jury assessed his punishment at fifteen years in the Texas Department of Corrections. He presents three points of error.

We affirm.

In point of error number one, Livingston urges that the trial court erred in failing to dismiss his indictment because he was unlawfully arrested. The point does not include any complaint of any confession or evidence tainted because obtained as a result of an unlawful arrest. It is allegedly the indictment itself that…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Wicker v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1984
  2. Wilson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1983
  3. Bonham v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1984
  4. Lambright v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  5. Flournoy v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1984

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Collins v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1990
  2. State v. Karl Justin Shaffer, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)1993
  3. Tyrone E. George v. the State of Texas, Texas Court of Appeals, 2nd District (Fort Worth)2024

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