Legal Opinion
Ransom v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)
Decided March 30, 1982No. 07-81-0024-CRPublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COUNTISS, Justice.
The offense is prostitution enhanced by a prior prostitution conviction. Tex.Penal Code Ann. § 43.02, (Vernon Supp.1981). Punishment is confinement in jail for one year and a fine of $2,000.00. We affirm.
Acting on information that prostitution was being practiced in a residence in Amarillo, three law enforcement officers, hereafter referred to as Robert, Mike and Louis, donned civilian clothes, purchased some beer, procured a Cadillac and went to the residence. Robert went to the door and knocked, and appellant, dressed in a negli gee, answered the door. Robert told…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- United States v. RussellSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Romo v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1979
- Blansett v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1977
- United States v. Francis William GroesselCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
- Norman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1979
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3Cited by28 opinions
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- Melton v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1986
- Smith v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1995
- Johnson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1983
- Bobo v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1988
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