Legal Opinion
Britton v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided March 21, 1979No. 56680PublishedCited by 78 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
PHILLIPS, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of heroin possession. Article 4476-15, Sec. 4.04(a), V.A.C.S. Punishment was assessed at life imprisonment. Article 4476-15, See. 4.04(b)(1), V.A. C.S.; V.T.C.A., Penal Code, Sec. 12.42(d).
*686Appellant was a passenger in a vehicle observed by two Dallas police officers to be blocking the two west-bound lanes of a Dallas street at 1:50 a. m. The car did not move until after the police pulled up and turned their lights on. Appellant was observed as bobbing, weaving, or swaying his head. Upon one officer’s inquiry, appellant mumbled incoherent…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Chimel v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Brown v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972
- Wood v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1974
- Ablon v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1976
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3Cited by78 opinions
- Banda v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1994
- Fearance v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1988
- Pyles v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1988
- Adkins v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1988
- Lunde v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1987
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