Sossamon v. State

Justice Brookshire is correct in his dissenting opinion in the Court of Appeals below. Sossamon v. State, 740 S.W.2d 543 *350(Tex.App.-Beaumont 1987). Therein he says

“Appellant’s argument on appeal is that the police took advantage of his confession to bring him into court where the victims of the crime identified him as one of three men who robbed them at gunpoint. Therefore, it is clear that Appellant seeks to have this court suppress the identity evidence as the tainted fruit of an illegally-obtained confession. It is not the fruit of any confession, because the victims knew the “face” or…