Johnson v. State

OPINION ON STATE’S PETITION FOR DISCRETION REVIEW

WHITE, Judge.

The State charged appellant with aggravated possession of cocaine with the intent to deliver. 1 Appellant waived his right to a jury trial and pled not guilty. The trial court convicted him of the charged offense, and assessed his punishment at 50 years’ confinement 2 in the Texas Department of Corrections. 3

On appeal, appellant argued that the trial court erred when it overruled his motion to suppress the cocaine. Appellant contended that the police had insufficient facts before them to justify a temporary investigative detention…