Legal Opinion

Douglas v. State

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided November 15, 1984No. 2-84-070-CRPublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

HILL, Justice.

William Rex Douglas appeals his conviction for the offense of unlawful possession of methamphetamine, after trial before the court upon his plea of not guilty. The trial court sentenced Douglas to five years imprisonment, suspended the imposition of the sentence, and placed Douglas on probation. Douglas’ sole ground of error is that the trial court erred in overruling his motion to suppress the evidence which he claims was seized from his person pursuant to an illegal, warrantless arrest.

We affirm, because we do not find that the arrest of Douglas was an illegal arrest.

Eli…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Battles v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1981

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Dyar v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2003
  2. Johnson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1986
  3. Holland v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)1990
  4. United States v. ThomasDistrict Court, E.D. Texas · 1992
  5. Dyar v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2003

Showing a preview — retrieve the full document via the Exa API.

Powered by the Exa API