Legal Opinion

Clark v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided March 16, 1977No. 53268PublishedCited by 45 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

DALLY, Commissioner.

This is an appeal from a conviction for the offense of indecency with a child; the punishment is imprisonment for 7 years.

Appellant contends that the court erred in admitting into evidence over objection several magazines containing photographs of nude boys because they were obtained as a result of an alleged unlawful search and seizure.

On February 11, 1975, Dallas Police Officers Holmes, McDonald, and Garis went to appellant’s residence to arrest him pursuant to an arrest warrant charging him with the offense of indecency with a child. The officers knocked on…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Chimel v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  2. Stephenson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1973
  3. Maldonado v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1975
  4. Simpson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972
  5. Sutton v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1975

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3Cited by45 opinions

  1. Taylor v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1980
  2. State v. BruzzeseSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1983
  3. Miles v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2007
  4. Ebarb v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1980
  5. Townsend v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1991

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