Kinsey v. State

CORNELIUS, Chief Justice.

Gary Lynn Kinsey appeals his conviction for credit card abuse. Trial was to a jury which set punishment at 10 years confinement, enhanced by a prior conviction. The appeal contends that Kinsey’s identification as the offender was impermissibly influenced by a prior illegal arrest, and that various items linking him to the offense were inadmissible because they were produced by the illegal arrest and also improperly connected him to extraneous offenses. We overrule these contentions and affirm the judgment.

Kinsey was accused of unlawfully using a VISA credit card…