Legal Opinion

Rice v. State

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided June 1, 1988No. 09-86-250 CRPublished

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

BURGESS, Justice.

A jury found appellant guilty of possession of a controlled substance, methamphetamine of less than twenty-eight grams. At punishment, the jury found the enhancement allegation true and sentenced appellant to forty-eight years in the Texas Department of Corrections.

*728In his first point of error, appellant maintains the methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia introduced at trial should have been excluded as the product of a warrantless arrest in violation of the fourth and fourteenth amendments to the United States Constitution. Appellant’s motion to suppress alleged in…

2Cases cited31 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Illinois v. GatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  3. Spinelli v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  4. Powell v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
  5. Draper v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1959

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