Legal Opinion · Dissent

Bass v. State

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided August 12, 1992No. 09-91-157 CRPublished

1DissentBurgess, Justice

I respectfully dissent. I offer a more simplistic, chronologic version of the facts beginning when the sheriff and a deputy spotted appellant driving a brown automobile. They activated their lights and siren and pursued appellant until he pulled behind a mobile home belonging to his grandmother. Both officers drew their weapons and appellant exited his vehicle. A verbal confrontation occurred which escalated into a wrestling match. Appellant was handcuffed and then placed into the back seat of the sheriff’s vehicle. Other officers began looking into appellant’s vehicle and found jewelry,…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. New York v. BeltonSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  2. Benavides v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1980
  3. Gauldin v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1984
  4. Backer v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1983
  5. Fenton v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1990

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