Legal Opinion

Sanders v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided May 24, 1972No. 44948PublishedCited by 25 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

DALLY, Commissioner.

The convictions were for the unlawful possession of marihuana; the punishment for each appellant, five years imprisonment.

The appellants’ first ground of error is that “The trial court erred in denying appellants’ motions to suppress the fruits of the search and in admitting such fruits and evidence relating thereto, over objection, in violation of the appellants’ rights under the Fourth, Fifth, Ninth and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States.”

An informant in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, contacted Leonard Williams, a special agent employed by the…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Carroll v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
  2. Spinelli v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  3. Brinegar v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
  4. United States v. VentrescaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  5. Draper v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1959

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3Cited by25 opinions

  1. Gilbert v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)1994
  2. Whitworth v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1991
  3. Duff v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1977
  4. Trejo v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1989
  5. Peach v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1973

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