Barrientes v. State

OPINION

MORRISON, Judge.

The offense is burglary, with two non-capital felony convictions alleged for enhancement; the punishment, life.

Appellant’s first ground of error relates to the legality of the search of appellant’s person by the arresting officer. Officer Johnson testified that on the Sunday morning in question, he observed an old Ford automobile traveling west in the City of Odessa and two men, one of them being the appellant, running in the same direction as if to overtake it. He stated that he brought the Ford to a halt, and as he did so, the appellant changed the direction of his…