Legal Opinion

Ellingsworth v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided November 22, 1972No. 45289PublishedCited by 45 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

DAVIS, Commissioner.

This is an appeal from a conviction for robbery with firearms. Punishment was assessed by the jury at ninety-nine years.

At the outset, appellant contends that the court erred in overruling his motion to suppress the in-court identification of appellant by the Witness York.

Appellant urges that the court should have excluded the in-court identification of York in that York identified appellant and the co-defendant when they were in handcuffs at the police department, with the only other persons present in the room being police officers.

George York testified that while…

2Cases cited27 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. United States v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  3. Simmons v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  4. Chimel v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  5. Stovall v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1967

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3Cited by45 opinions

  1. Garza v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1989
  2. Hoffman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1974
  3. McGary v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1988
  4. Wyatt v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1978
  5. Writt v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1976

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