Legal Opinion
Polk v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided October 7, 1987No. 296-86PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION ON STATE’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW
MILLER, Judge.
The appellant was convicted by a jury for the offense of murder. Punishment was assessed by the court at 25 years imprisonment in the Texas Department of Corrections. The Dallas Court of Appeals reversed and remanded, holding that appellant’s confession was inadmissible under Art. 38.23, V.A.C.C.P., because it was the fruit of an illegal arrest. Polk v. State, 704 S.W.2d 929 (Tex.App.—Dallas 1986). We granted the State’s Petition for Discretionary Review to determine whether appellant preserved error under Art. 38.23, supra,…
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