Legal Opinion
Foster v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided July 11, 1984No. 285-83PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION ON STATE’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW
CLINTON, Judge.
Appellant’s conviction for theft was reversed and remanded by the court of appeals in Foster v. State, 648 S.W.2d 31 (Tex.App.—Dallas 1983). After review of the record, we are of the opinion the court of appeals reached the correct result in finding a confession, obtained after an illegal arrest, to be inadmissible.
In its petition, the State argues the court of appeals was wrong in finding that appellant’s occupation was not an “inter*509vening circumstance” attenuating the taint of an illegal arrest. Appellant was a former…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Brown v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Dunaway v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Taylor v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Green v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1981
- Jordan v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1978
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3Cited by27 opinions
- Fuller v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1992
- Bell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1986
- Castelan v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2001
- Weems v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2005
- Foster v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)1985
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