Bernal v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CANTU, Justice.
These appeals are taken from convictions of rape. Appellants were tried jointly, and after conviction by a jury elected to have the trial court assess punishment. Each was sentenced to 20 years’ confinement.
Four of the contentions raised by appellants are identical in both appeals: they allege that a watch, a ring, clothing of the appellants, and their persons were seized as a result of an illegal search and improperly used as evidence; that the trial court improperly allowed the State to bolster the identification testimony of an unimpeached witness; that there were two…
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