Barber v. State

OPINION

McCORMICK, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction of theft over $200. Punishment, enhanced by a prior conviction, was assessed at twenty years’ imprisonment.

Appellant’s principle contention deals with the legality of the warrantless search which produced the contraband. On the morning of June 8, 1977, appellant, Charles A. Haywood, and John Barnes drove to Morton Hargis Garage in San Antonio. Once there, appellant and his companions opened the car trunk to display some items to the employees. Gary Bohnert, a mechan ic at an automobile dealership across the street from the garage,…