Legal Opinion
Starlling v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided January 14, 1988No. 2-84-259-CRPublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
JOE SPURLOCK, II, Justice.
A jury found appellant guilty of the offense of burglary of a habitation and that he had been convicted of two prior felonies. It assessed his punishment at confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections for 55 years. See TEX.PENAL CODE ANN. sec. 30.02 (Vernon 1974).
On original submission to the court, we affirmed Starlling’s conviction. We held Starlling’s warrantless arrest was legal un der TEX.CODE CRIM.PROC.ANN. art. 14.04 (Vernon 1977) based upon information supplied to a police officer by a reliable confidential informant when the suspect was going…
2Cases cited23 opinions
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- Coolidge v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Beck v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Michigan v. LongSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- South Dakota v. OppermanSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by16 opinions
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