Legal Opinion

Bates v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided January 10, 1979No. 58338PublishedCited by 152 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

W. C. DAVIS, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for the offense of bribery; punishment, which was assessed by the court, is imprisonment for eight years.

Appellant contends that: (1) the statute under which he was prosecuted is unconstitutional; (2) the indictment is defective; (3) the evidence is insufficient to sustain the verdict; (4) certain items which were admitted in evidence were the result of an unlawful search and seizure; (5) certain tape recordings were erroneously admitted in evidence because the proper predicate was not established; (6) the court erred in overruling…

2Cases cited52 opinions

  1. Chimel v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  2. Grayned v. City of RockfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  3. Grayned v. City of RockfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  4. Connally v. General Construction Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1926
  5. Thornhill v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1940

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3Cited by152 opinions

  1. Quinones v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1980
  2. Cotton v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1985
  3. Huffman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1988
  4. Hayden v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2009
  5. TXI Transportation Co. v. HughesTexas Supreme Court · 2010

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