Legal Opinion

Pinkston v. State

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided December 13, 1984No. 2-83-223-CRPublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

FENDER, Chief Justice.

Leon Deryl Pinkston, appellant, was convicted by a jury of the offense of unlawful manufacture of a controlled substance, to wit: amphetamine in an amount greater than 400 grams. Appellant elected to have the court assess punishment. Pursuant to the trial court’s finding that appellant had two prior felony convictions as alleged in the enhancement paragraphs of the indictment, the court assessed punishment at life imprisonment.

We affirm.

On appeal, appellant raises nine grounds of error in which he contends that (1) evidence of extraneous offenses were improperly…

2Cases cited33 opinions

  1. Illinois v. GatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  2. Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  3. Aguilar v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  4. Spinelli v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  5. United States v. VentrescaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Freda v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1986
  2. Harris v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)1993
  3. Levy v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)1993
  4. Brown v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)1988
  5. Pena v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District1989

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