Legal Opinion

Britton v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided March 21, 1979No. 56680Published

1Opinion of the Court

578 S.W.2d 685 (1978)

Yancy Leroy BRITTON, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 56680.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, Panel No. 3.

September 27, 1978.

On Rehearing March 21, 1979.

Rehearing Denied April 11, 1979.

Charles Shavers, Jr., Dallas, for appellant.

Henry Wade, Dist. Atty., William M. Lamb, John W. Booth and Jan Potts, Asst. Dist. Attys., Dallas, Robert Huttash, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Before ROBERTS, PHILLIPS and VOLLERS, JJ.

Rehearing En Banc Denied April 11, 1979.

OPINION

PHILLIPS, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of heroin possession. Article 4476-15, Sec. 4.04(a),…

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2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. Chimel v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  3. Beck v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  4. Papachristou v. City of JacksonvilleSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  5. McCray v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1967

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