Legal Opinion

Parker v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided February 7, 1979No. 57037PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

TOM G. DAVIS, Judge.

Appeal is taken from a conviction for possession of less than two ounces of marihuana. Art. 4476-15, Sec. 4.05(b)(3). The court assessed punishment at one day and a fine of $250.

In a single ground of error, appellant contends that the trial court erred in refusing to grant his motion to suppress.

W. L. Carmack, a Dallas police officer, testified that on May 24, 1976, at approximately 1:45 a. m., he answered a disturbance call at a “strip place” called the Painted Duck on Gaston Avenue in Dallas. As Carmack pulled into the driveway of the Painted Duck, he “noticed a…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Carroll v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
  2. Chimel v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  3. Brinegar v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
  4. Taylor v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1967
  5. Borner v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1975

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Coleman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1979
  2. Zertuche v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District1989
  3. Grim v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1983
  4. Britton v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1979
  5. Britton v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1979

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