Legal Opinion
Townsley v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided June 22, 1983No. 583-82PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION ON APPELLANT’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW
TOM G. DAVIS, Judge.
After finding appellant guilty of murder, the jury assessed punishment at ninety-nine years. The conviction was affirmed by the Court of Appeals for the Third Supreme Judicial District (Austin). We granted appellant’s petition for discretionary review in order to examine the Court of Appeals’ holding that appellant’s three written confessions were not tainted by appellant’s illegal arrest.
Appellant was convicted of murdering Pauline Blair, his girlfriend, late in the evening of November 9, 1980, by intending to…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Brinegar v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Brown v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Dunaway v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Taylor v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
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3Cited by45 opinions
- Bell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1986
- Dancy v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1987
- Garza v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1989
- United States v. James Thomas CherryCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1985
- Johnson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1986
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