Legal Opinion

Sossamon v. State

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided October 29, 1987No. 09 86 126 CRPublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

DIES, Chief Justice.

A jury found Appellant guilty of aggravated robbery, enhanced, TEX.PENAL CODE ANN. sec. 29.03 (Vernon 1974), and the jury also assessed punishment at life in the Texas Department of Corrections. Appeal has been perfected to this court.

Appellant filed motions to suppress a confession and quash his indictment which were denied by the trial court. Our summary of Appellant’s evidence will not be as brief as we would like, but a full summary is necessary to explain Appellant’s position and the reason we have reached the result hereafter discussed.

Detective Charles L.…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Santobello v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  2. Bram v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
  3. United States v. William Eugene CarterCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1972
  4. Fisher v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1964
  5. People v. GonzalesCalifornia Supreme Court · 1944

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Sossamon v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1991
  2. Sossamon v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1991
  3. Sossamon v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1991

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