Legal Opinion
Madison v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)
Decided April 18, 1996No. 06-95-00140-CRPublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BLEIL, Justice.
Tommy Madison appeals his conviction for the offense of aggravated possession of a controlled substance. He contends that evidence introduced at trial was obtained in an unlawful search of his vehicle and that his conviction places him in double jeopardy because of a prior civil forfeiture of the vehicle. We resolve these issues in favor of the State and affirm the conviction.
On July 27, 1994, Madison was driving eastbound on Interstate 30 near Sulphur Springs when he was stopped by officer Willie Drabble of the Texas Department of Public Safety for failure to wear a…
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