Legal Opinion
Cooper v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided March 22, 1990No. 01-89-00319-CRPublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HUGHES, Justice.
This is an appeal from a conviction for possession of less than 28 grams of a controlled substance, namely cocaine. The appellant was found guilty, and the jury found the allegations of the two enhancement paragraphs to be true. Punishment was assessed at 40 years confinement.
We affirm.
On November 28, 1988, two Houston police officers stopped a Pontiac Trans Am for weaving in and out of its lane. Curtis Shoulders was driving, and the appellant was sitting in the front passenger’s seat. The police observed a club fastened to the driver’s belt when he stepped out of the…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Doyle v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Sharp v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1986
- Ex Parte DuffyCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1980
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3Cited by11 opinions
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- Gipson, Cornelius v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2002
- Holston Banks, III v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 11th District (Eastland)2019
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