Legal Opinion

Perkins v. State

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided October 23, 1985No. 3-84-247-CRPublished

1Opinion of the Court

SHANNON, Chief Justice.

Leon Perkins seeks to set aside a judgment of conviction for the murder of Stanley Walker rendered by the district court of Travis County pursuant to a plea of guilty. The district court assessed punishment of *763confinement for thirty years. This Court will affirm the judgment of conviction.

Perkins’ appeal is predicated upon the order of the district court denying his motion to suppress evidence gathered by virtue of his arrest on November 9, 1983. Perkins claimed by the motion that until the police acquired information from Perkins’ wife, Minnie, that her husband told…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Johnigan v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972
  2. Jernigan v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1983
  3. Johnson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1912
  4. Gross v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1911
  5. Norwood v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1916

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