Bridger v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DALLY, Commissioner.
The convictions in trials before separate juries are for felony theft and for robbery ; the punishment for theft seven years’ imprisonment and for robbery enhanced by a prior conviction, life imprisonment.
The same grounds of error are presented in both appeals and may be considered in one opinion. The appellant alleges that evidence was acquired in a unlawful search and seizure in violation of his rights under the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States and Article I, Section 9 of the Texas Constitution, Vernon’s Ann.St., and he…
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