Vicknair v. State

OPINION ON STATE’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

TOM G. DAVIS, Judge.

Appellant pled guilty before the court, pursuant to a plea bargain, to possession of more than five and less than fifty pounds of marihuana. The court assessed five years. The First Court of Appeals (Houston) reversed the conviction, holding that the search of appellant’s automobile resulted from an illegal stop. Vicknair v. State, 670 S.W.2d 286 (Tex.App. — Houston [1st Dist.] 1983). We granted the State’s petition for discretionary review to examine this holding.

A hearing was held on appellant’s motion to suppress.…