Stiggers v. State

OPINION

REYNOLDS, Commissioner.

The challenged conviction is for the offense of murder with malice. Punishment, set by the jury at appellant’s election, is life imprisonment.

Appellant’s conviction resulted from the accusation that he was one of two armed men who killed A1 Wilson, a liquor store clerk, during an attempted robbery of the Airport Liquor Store in Dallas. The sufficiency of the evidence to support the conviction is not questioned.

Relying on constitutional and case law prohibitions against unreasonable searches and seizures, appellant initially contends that his conviction should be…