Salcido v. State

OPINION ON APPELLANT’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

ONION, Presiding Judge.

Appellant was convicted in a bench trial of the offense of possession of heroin in an amount of less than 28 grams following his plea of not guilty. The court assessed his punishment at 10 years’ imprisonment.

In his sole point of error on appeal, appellant contended that the trial court erred in overruling his pre-trial motion to suppress evidence. His contention being that contraband was obtained by virtue of illegal police conduct; that the officers acted without an arrest or search warrant, without probable…