J.D.H. v. State

STRINGER, Judge.

J.D.H. appeals from the withhold of adjudication and the sentence imposed after he pleaded guilty to possession of cocaine following the trial court’s denial of his dispositive motion to suppress. Because J.D.H. was arrested without probable cause and because the contraband was found in a search incident to that unlawful arrest, we reverse and remand for discharge.

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