Brown v. State

OPINION

CLINTON, Judge.

This appeal is taken from a conviction on appellant’s plea of nolo contendere to the offense of possession of heroin. The trial court assessed punishment at four years imprisonment pursuant to a negotiated plea bargain. On December 11, 1979 the trial court conducted a hearing on appellant’s motion to suppress. Immediately following the trial court’s denial of that motion, appellant was then tried before the judge, and his plea of nolo contendere was entered. During his trial on the merits the evidence adduced at the pretrial hearing was offered into evidence as a…