Legal Opinion

Martinez v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)

Decided May 31, 1994No. 06-93-00111-CRPublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

CORNELIUS, Chief Justice.

Maximo Martinez appeals from his conviction for possession with intent to deliver cocaine weighing at least 400 grams. After a bench trial, he was sentenced to twenty years’ imprisonment and a fine of $5,000.00.

Martinez contends that the contraband should have been excluded from evidence because it was obtained in an illegal warrant-less search and that the evidence is insufficient to establish that he participated in the offense. We overrule these contentions and affirm the judgment.

We view the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution. It shows…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Katz v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  3. Mapp v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
  4. Rakas v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  5. Rawlings v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1980

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Rogers v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)2003
  2. Alexander v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)1996
  3. Watts v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2001
  4. Slomba v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1999
  5. Jeffrey Earl Myrick v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2013

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