Baxter v. State

Tom Glaze, Justice.

Appellant Larry Baxter was charged with possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver, criminal conspiracy to deliver a controlled substance, and with being a habitual offender. A jury found Baxter guilty of the criminal conspiracy charge, and he was sentenced as a habitual offender to fifty years’ imprisonment.

Baxter first argues his conviction should be overturned because his arrest was illegal and his statements given law enforcement officers were poisonous fruits of the unlawful arrest and should have been suppressed by the trial court. See Wong Sun v.…