Legal Opinion

Salinas v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)

Decided June 30, 1989No. 04-87-00435-CRPublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

REEVES, Justice.

The jury found appellant guilty of the offense of possession of heroin. They also found that he had committed two prior felony offenses and assessed his punishment at life imprisonment in the Department of Corrections.

Appellant has raised three points of error. Appellant’s first point of error is multifarious in that it alleges the trial court erred in (1) overruling his motion to suppress the contraband due to the illegality of the arrest, and (2) the evidence was insufficient to support the jury’s verdict. We will answer these as separate points of error instead of…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Rakas v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  3. Hernandez v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1986
  4. King v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1983
  5. Wilson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1983

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Kenrick Tremaine Jones A/K/A Kenrick T. Jones v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 2nd District (Fort Worth)2004
  2. Adrian Prouty v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2020
  3. Clara Marie Allen v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2009
  4. Fernando Gonzales, Jr. v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 2nd District (Fort Worth)2005
  5. Fernando Gonzales, Jr. v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 2nd District (Fort Worth)2005

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