Legal Opinion

Hunter v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 9th District (Beaumont)

Decided June 5, 1991No. 09-90-075 CRPublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

BROOKSHIRE, Justice.

A jury convicted William Carroll Hunter of possession of a controlled substance, cocaine, in an amount less than twenty-eight grams. The jury found the enhancement allegation true and assessed punishment at forty years’ confinement in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division and a $10,000 fine. Appellant raises three points of error.

Point of error one contends the crack pipe was inadmissible due to a break in the chain of custody. Appellant attacks the pipe’s admissibility, not the existence of sufficient evidence to convict. Officer Lu-drick…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. Hawkins v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1988
  3. Huggins v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 9th District (Beaumont)1990
  4. Jones v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1981
  5. DeLeon v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1974

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Grunsfeld v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1992
  2. Grunsfeld v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)1991
  3. Lafayette v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1992
  4. Slott v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 9th District (Beaumont)1992
  5. Young v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)1992

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