Morris v. State

OPINION ON APPELLANT’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

WHITE, Judge.

A jury convicted the appellant of felony theft. V.T.C.A., Penal Code Sec. 31.03. Appellant then pled true to the enhancement paragraph in the indictment. The jury assessed the appellant’s punishment at 20 years’ confinement, and a fine of $740.00.

Before the Court of Appeals, the appellant argued that the warrantless and unlawful nature of his arrest for unauthorized use of a motor vehicle tainted the police’s subsequent search of him, which rendered inadmissible the evidence seized by the police during his search. The Court…