Gary Donell Sanders v. State

OPINION

Opinion by

Justice MOSELEY.

Gary Donell Sanders did nothing to win Officer Shane Guthrie’s friendship when he spat on the back of Guthrie’s head as he sat in the back seat of Guthrie’s patrol car. As a result of this conduct, Sanders was convicted by a jury for harassment of a public servant and was sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment. Sanders appeals his conviction, arguing that the trial court erroneously: (1) denied a motion to suppress the evidence; (2) denied a motion for mistrial based on the use of illegally obtained evidence; (3) failed to instruct the jury on the use of…