Legal Opinion

Gonzalez v. State

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided August 13, 1998No. 13-96-460-CRPublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

YANEZ, Justice.

A jury found Leonel Gonzalez, Jr., guilty of possession of no more than five pounds of marihuana. Tex. Health & Safety Code Ann. § 481.121(4) (Vernon Supp.1998). The trial court sentenced him to five years in the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, plus a $8000 fine. By three points of error, Gonzalez claims the court erred in denying his motion to suppress and in restricting his cross-examination of arresting officers. We affirm.

At 11:31 p.m. on February 4, 1994, Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) Trooper Donald Plunkett pulled over…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. Mapp v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
  3. Guzman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1997
  4. Beck v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  5. Romero v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1990

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Vargas v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)2000
  2. Ida Sanchez v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2000
  3. Kelvin Bree v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2000
  4. Vargas v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)2000

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