Legal Opinion
Bailey v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)
Decided May 19, 1982No. 05-81-00321-CRPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEPHENS, Justice.
Robert Earl Bailey was convicted of possession of morphine. Trial was before the court, and punishment was assessed at nine years in the Texas Department of Corrections. Appellant contends that the morphine was seized as a result of an illegal detention and an illegal search and, thus, was improperly admitted into evidence. We overrule these contentions and affirm the conviction.
The record reflects that on November 28, 1979 at approximately 12:15 a.m., Officer Bruce Crowell was parked in an unmarked vehicle across the street from two 7-Eleven stores, one of which was open.…
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