Bain v. State

OPINION ON STATE’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

TOM G. DAVIS, Judge.

Trial was before the jury upon appellant’s plea of not guilty of murder. After finding appellant guilty, the jury assessed punishment at life. The conviction was reversed by the Court of Appeals for the Seventh Supreme Judicial District (Amarillo) in an unpublished opinion. We granted the State’s petition for discretionary review in order to examine the Court of Appeals’ holding that appellant’s confession was the fruit of an illegal arrest.1

Appellant was convicted of intentionally or knowingly causing the death of James…